Update README.md with clarifications

+ Added new user clarification for installing from source with git clone.
? Right now it is not clear where the  fail2ban-0.11.0.tar.bz2 is available for download.
+ Added command for checking fail2ban version.
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@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ To install, just do:
tar xvfj fail2ban-0.11.0.tar.bz2 tar xvfj fail2ban-0.11.0.tar.bz2
cd fail2ban-0.11.0 cd fail2ban-0.11.0
python setup.py install 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
cd fail2ban
sudo python setup.py install
This will install Fail2Ban into the python library directory. The executable This will install Fail2Ban into the python library directory. The executable
scripts are placed into `/usr/bin`, and configuration under `/etc/fail2ban`. scripts are placed into `/usr/bin`, and configuration under `/etc/fail2ban`.
@ -56,6 +62,9 @@ Fail2Ban should be correctly installed now. Just type:
to see if everything is alright. You should always use fail2ban-client and to see if everything is alright. You should always use fail2ban-client and
never call fail2ban-server directly. never call fail2ban-server directly.
You can verify that you have the correct version installed with
sudo fail2ban-client version
Please note that the system init/service script is not automatically installed. 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 To enable fail2ban as an automatic service, simply copy the script for your