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Mention that we're talking about Unix OSes
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@ -18,16 +18,17 @@ The Let's Encrypt Client is a fully-featured, extensible client for the Let's
Encrypt CA (or any other CA that speaks the `ACME
<https://github.com/ietf-wg-acme/acme/blob/master/draft-ietf-acme-acme.md>`_
protocol) that can automate the tasks of obtaining certificates and
configuring webservers to use them.
configuring webservers to use them. This client runs on Unix-based operating
systems.
Installation
------------
If ``letsencrypt`` is packaged for your OS, you can install it from there, and
run it by typing ``letsencrypt``. Because not all operating systems have
packages yet, we provide a temporary solution via the ``letsencrypt-auto``
wrapper script, which obtains some dependencies from your OS and puts others
in a python virtual environment::
If ``letsencrypt`` is packaged for your Unix OS, you can install it from
there, and run it by typing ``letsencrypt``. Because not all operating
systems have packages yet, we provide a temporary solution via the
``letsencrypt-auto`` wrapper script, which obtains some dependencies
from your OS and puts others in a python virtual environment::
user@webserver:~$ git clone https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt
user@webserver:~$ cd letsencrypt