From 5cd4c5a29f2b450836f8288776c6f3eed8e1258d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Danischevsky <32126021+seaniedan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2023 09:47:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

added link to wiki page install instructions
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@@ -29,97 +29,9 @@ and the website: https://www.fail2ban.org
 Installation:
 -------------
 
-Fail2Ban is likely already packaged for your Linux distribution:
+Fail2Ban is likely already packaged for your Linux distribution and [can installed with a simple command](https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/wiki/How-to-install-fail2ban-packages).
 
-*CentOS/CentOS Stream/RHEL Based Operating Systems*
-
-Ensure your system is up to date and install the EPEL repository:
-
-    yum update -y && yum install epel-release -y
-
-Install Fail2Ban:
-
-    yum install fail2ban
-
-For email support, install Sendmail:
-
-    yum install sendmail
-
-Start and enable Fail2ban and, if needed, Sendmail:
-
-    systemctl start fail2ban
-    systemctl enable fail2ban
-    systemctl start sendmail
-    systemctl enable sendmail
-
-If you encounter the error that there is `no directory /var/run/fail2ban to contain the socket file /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock`, create the directory manually:
-
-    mkdir /var/run/fail2ban
-
-*Debian*
-
-Ensure your system is up to date:
-
-    apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
-Install Fail2ban:
-
-    apt-get install fail2ban
-    
-The service automatically starts.
-
-For email support, install Sendmail:
-
-    apt-get install sendmail-bin sendmail
-
-The current version of Sendmail in Debian Jessie has an upstream bug which causes the following errors when installing sendmail-bin. The installation hangs for a minute, but then complete.
-
-Creating /etc/mail/sendmail.cf...
-ERROR: FEATURE() should be before MAILER() MAILER('local') must appear after FEATURE('always_add_domain')
-ERROR: FEATURE() should be before MAILER() MAILER('local') must appear after FEATURE('allmasquerade')
-
-*Fedora*
-
-Update your system:
-
-    dnf update
-    
-Install Fail2ban:
-
-    dnf install fail2ban
-    
-For email support, install Sendmail:
-
-    dnf install sendmail
-    
-Start and enable Fail2ban and, if needed, Sendmail:
-
-    systemctl start fail2ban
-    systemctl enable fail2ban
-    systemctl start sendmail
-    systemctl enable sendmail
-    
-*Ubuntu*
-
-Ensure your system is up to date:
-
-    apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
-
-Install Fail2ban:
-
-    apt-get install fail2ban
-    
-The service automatically starts.
-
-For email support, install Sendmail:
-
-    apt-get install sendmail
-    
-Allow SSH access through UFW and then enable the firewall:
-
-    ufw allow ssh
-    ufw enable
-    
-*If your distribution is not listed, you can install from GitHub:*
+If your distribution is not listed, you can install from GitHub:
 
 Required:
 - [Python2 >= 2.7 or Python >= 3.2](https://www.python.org) or [PyPy](https://pypy.org)