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Merge pull request #3805 from commercialhaskell/deprecate-old-deb-packages
Comment out instructions for Ubuntu package
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Use the [generic Linux option](#linux).
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There is also
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There is also a
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[Ubuntu package](http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=haskell-stack&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all) for
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Ubuntu 16.10 and up, but the distribution's Stack version lags behind, so we recommend running `stack upgrade` or `stack upgrade --binary` after installing it. The version in Ubuntu 16.04 is too old to upgrade successfully.
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<!-- There is also
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[Ubuntu package](http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=haskell-stack&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all) for
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Ubuntu 16.04 and up. Note that the distribution's Stack version lags behind, so
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we recommend running `stack upgrade` after installing it.
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Ubuntu 16.10 and up. (Ubuntu 16.04's package cannot upgrade). Note that the distribution's Stack version lags behind, so
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we recommend running `stack upgrade` (--binary?) after installing it.
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## Debian
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Use the [generic Linux option](#linux).
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There is also a
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[Debian package](https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=haskell-stack&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all) for
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Stretch and up. Note that the distribution's Stack version lags behind, so
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we recommend running `stack upgrade` after installing it.
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Stretch and up, but the distribution's Stack version lags behind, so we recommend running `stack upgrade` or `stack upgrade --binary` after installing it.
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## <a name="centos"></a>CentOS / Red Hat / Amazon Linux
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