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authorPaul Wise <pabs>2018-04-07 14:12:41 +0000
committerPaul Wise <pabs>2018-04-07 14:12:41 +0000
commitace5b9358f0f4839bfd54cee02fa21e6a68a0a09 (patch)
treed39ba66ea8c53bb7d93e5774332f4a077ee39d9e /english/Bugs
parente48e18ae6a5ea2ccadac692dfc88e55c4a694734 (diff)
Simplify the instructions for installing and starting reportbug
The existing instructions are not clear to inexperienced users. Mention that reportbug is installed by default. Replace install command with suggestion to use the package manager that is installed, since there are a few different ways to gain root and many different package managers and it is not the place of this page to explain how to install packages on Debian. Mention how to run reportbug from the menu before mentioning the command-line since users use menus more than the command-line. Remove shell prompt to avoid confusing people with weird characters. Suggested-by: Jonny Grant <jg@jguk.org> Suggested-in: <00cf3948-4b1a-31e0-0dd3-1be2d2af29a0@jguk.org> CVS version numbers english/Bugs/Reporting.wml: 1.85 -> 1.86
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diff --git a/english/Bugs/Reporting.wml b/english/Bugs/Reporting.wml
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--- a/english/Bugs/Reporting.wml
+++ b/english/Bugs/Reporting.wml
@@ -6,12 +6,18 @@
<p>We strongly recommend that you report bugs in Debian using the
<code><a
href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/utils/reportbug">reportbug</a></code>
-program. To install and start it, simply run:</p>
+program.</p>
-<blockquote>
- <p># <kbd>apt-get install reportbug</kbd><br/>
- $ <kbd>reportbug</kbd></p>
-</blockquote>
+<p>
+reportbug is installed by default on most systems.
+If it is not available, it can be installed using the
+package management tool available on your system.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+reportbug can be started from the system section of the menu or
+by running <code>reportbug</code> via the command-line.
+</p>
<p>It will guide you through the bug reporting process step by step.</p>

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