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Tweaks to the ubuntu installation instructions (#2688) 

* Tweaks to the ubuntu installation instructions

I recently walked a new user through the Ubuntu installation, and noticed some
things that were confusing to him that would be easy to fix.

* Use release names as well as numbers
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@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Better methods exist today that do much of this for you. The current development
This is the recommended method to install ZoneMinder onto your system. ZoneMinder packages are maintained for the following distros:
- Ubuntu via [Iconnor's PPA](https://launchpad.net/~iconnor/+archive/ubuntu/zoneminder)
- Ubuntu via [Iconnor's PPA](https://launchpad.net/~iconnor)
- Debian from their [default repository](https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=zoneminder)
- RHEL/CentOS and clones via [RPM Fusion](http://rpmfusion.org)
- Fedora via [RPM Fusion](http://rpmfusion.org)

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@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Ubuntu
.. contents::
Easy Way: Ubuntu 18.04
----------------------
Easy Way: Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)
-------------------------------
These instructions are for a brand new ubuntu 18.04 system which does not have ZM
installed.
@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ achieve the same result by running:
::
sudo apt-get install tasksel
sudo tasksel install lamp-server
During installation it will ask you to set up a master/root password for the MySQL.
@ -39,19 +40,10 @@ guide you with a quick search.
following a new release of ZoneMinder. To use this repository instead of the
official Ubuntu repository, enter the following from the command line:
::
add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder
Please note that as of 1.32.0 We are creating a new PPA for each major version, as a means to prevent automatic upgrades from one major version to another. So instead of the above ppa line use the following:
::
add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder-1.32
If you are on Trusty or Xenial, you may want to add both, as there are some packages for dependencies included in the old ppa.
Update repo and upgrade.
::
@ -202,8 +194,8 @@ CTRL+x to exit
PPA install may need some tweaking of ZMS_PATH in ZoneMinder options. `Socket_sendto or no live streaming`_
Easy Way: Ubuntu 16.04
----------------------
Easy Way: Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial)
-------------------------------
These instructions are for a brand new ubuntu 16.04 system which does not have ZM
installed.
@ -241,16 +233,8 @@ guide you with a quick search.
::
add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder
Please note that as of 1.32.0 We are creating a new PPA for each major version, as a means to prevent automatic upgrades from one major version to another. So instead of the above ppa line use the following:
::
add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder-1.32
If you are on Trusty or Xenial, you may want to add both, as there are some packages for dependencies included in the old ppa.
Update repo and upgrade.
::
@ -401,8 +385,8 @@ CTRL+x to exit
PPA install may need some tweaking of ZMS_PATH in ZoneMinder options. `Socket_sendto or no live streaming`_
Easy Way: Ubuntu 14.x
---------------------
Easy Way: Ubuntu 14.x (Trusty)
------------------------------
**These instructions are for a brand new ubuntu 14.x system which does not have ZM installed.**
**Step 1:** Either run commands in this install using sudo or use the below to become root