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Merge pull request #1912 from alxnorden/patch-1 

Update README.md with clarifications
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Sergey G. Brester 2018-03-22 11:10:06 +01:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -46,8 +46,14 @@ To install, just do:
tar xvfj fail2ban-0.11.0.tar.bz2
cd fail2ban-0.11.0
python setup.py install
sudo python setup.py install
Alternatively, you can clone the source from GitHub to a directory of Your choice, and do the install from there. Pick the correct branch, for example, 0.11
git clone https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban.git
cd fail2ban
sudo python setup.py install
This will install Fail2Ban into the python library directory. The executable
scripts are placed into `/usr/bin`, and configuration under `/etc/fail2ban`.
@ -57,6 +63,9 @@ Fail2Ban should be correctly installed now. Just type:
to see if everything is alright. You should always use fail2ban-client and
never call fail2ban-server directly.
You can verify that you have the correct version installed with
fail2ban-client version
Please note that the system init/service script is not automatically installed.
To enable fail2ban as an automatic service, simply copy the script for your