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| author | Evan Read <eread@gitlab.com> | 2019-06-27 03:32:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Evan Read <eread@gitlab.com> | 2019-06-27 03:32:20 +0000 |
| commit | 038c38fec9f0fd6a0c394474432347a86424b24f (patch) | |
| tree | da8e6c4d4effae28d8ff18482e06f16e93f7eb73 | |
| parent | a08b42c2a6d067f2d17a138508e6c2d1adbd282b (diff) | |
| parent | 4c9e068224a18ef47a2c80e3f150fc35b667fc75 (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-038c38fec9f0fd6a0c394474432347a86424b24f.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'docs/requirements_operating_system' into 'master'
Clarified supported operating systems
See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!30080
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/install/requirements.md | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/install/requirements.md b/doc/install/requirements.md index 92122fca7dd..68c1bcbc801 100644 --- a/doc/install/requirements.md +++ b/doc/install/requirements.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ as the hardware requirements that are needed to install and use GitLab. ## Operating Systems -### Supported Unix distributions +### Supported Linux distributions - Ubuntu - Debian @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ as the hardware requirements that are needed to install and use GitLab. For the installations options, see [the main installation page](README.md). -### Unsupported Unix distributions +### Unsupported Linux distributions and Unix-like operating systems - Arch Linux - Fedora @@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ For the installations options, see [the main installation page](README.md). - Gentoo - macOS -On the above unsupported distributions is still possible to install GitLab yourself. +Installation of GitLab on these operating systems is possible, but not supported. Please see the [installation from source guide](installation.md) and the [installation guides](https://about.gitlab.com/installation/) for more information. -### Non-Unix operating systems such as Windows +### Microsoft Windows -GitLab is developed for Unix operating systems. -It does **not** run on Windows, and we have no plans to support it in the near future. For the latest development status view this [issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/46567). +GitLab is developed for Linux-based operating systems. +It does **not** run on Microsoft Windows, and we have no plans to support it in the near future. For the latest development status view this [issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/46567). Please consider using a virtual machine to run GitLab. ## Ruby versions |