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--><!--#set var="relroot" value="../"
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<div class="doc">
- <h2>Source code availability<br />for the W3C Markup Validator</h2>
- <h3 id="TableOfContents">Table of Contents</h3>
+ <h2>Source code and package availability<br />for the W3C Markup Validator</h2>
+<!--#include virtual="../htmlchecker.html" -->
+ <p>
+ If for some reason you'd rather run a service based on the same source as
+ the W3C Markup Validator, this page provides the following information:
+ </p>
<div id="toc">
<ul>
- <li><a href="#getting">Retrieving and browsing the Code</a>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#browse">Browsing the code</a></li>
- <li><a href="#rpm">Fedora/Red Hat RPM package</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#packages">Installing from packages</a>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#rpm">Fedora/Red Hat RPM package</a></li>
<li><a href="#suse">openSUSE/SUSE Linux RPM package</a></li>
- <li><a href="#deb">Debian GNU/Linux package</a></li>
- <li><a href="#mac">Mac OS X Application</a></li>
- <li><a href="#gh">Github repository</a></li>
- </ul>
+ <li><a href="#deb">Debian GNU/Linux package</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#mac">Mac OS X Application</a></li>
+ </ul>
</li>
- <li><a href="#using">Using the code</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#getting">Getting the source</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
- <h3><a name="getting" id="getting"></a>Retrieving and browsing the Code</h3>
-
- <p><a id="skip" name="skip"></a>
- The source code for the <a href="../"><acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym>
- Markup Validation Service</a> is available under the terms of the
- <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-software"><acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym>
- Software License</a>.
- </p>
-
- <h4><a id="browse" name="browse"></a>Browsing the code</h4>
+ <h3><a id="packages"></a>Installing from packages</h3>
+ <p>Rather than trying to install and run an instance of the W3C from
+ the sources, it's much easier to install one of a variety of
+ pre-built packages. The sections below provide information about
+ packages available for various systems.
- <p>
- If you just want to glance at the code, or see its revision
- history, you can
- <a href="https://github.com/w3c/markup-validator/">browse it
- directly in Github</a>.
- </p>
- <p>
- The most interesting files are currently
- <a href="https://github.com/w3c/markup-validator/blob/master/httpd/cgi-bin/check">a
- CGI script called "check"</a> that does pretty much everything,
- and possibly also <a
- href="https://github.com/w3c/markup-validator/blob/master/httpd/conf/httpd.conf">the
- httpd.conf configuration file snippet for Apache</a>.
- Select the topmost revision numbers on these
- pages to see the most recent revision of each file.
- </p>
-
- <h4><a id="rpm" name="rpm"></a>Fedora/Red Hat RPM package</h4>
+ <h4><a id="rpm"></a>Fedora/Red Hat RPM package</h4>
<p>
Fedora RPM packages of the validator are included in Fedora.
@@ -64,7 +44,7 @@
<a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL">EPEL</a>.
</p>
- <h4><a id="suse" name="suse"></a>openSUSE/SUSE Linux RPM package</h4>
+ <h4><a id="suse"></a>openSUSE/SUSE Linux RPM package</h4>
<p>
openSUSE/SUSE Linux RPM packages of the validator are available,
@@ -84,7 +64,7 @@
&lt;<a href="http://software.opensuse.org/package/w3c-markup-validator">http://software.opensuse.org/package/w3c-markup-validator</a>&gt;
</p>
- <h4><a name="deb" id="deb"></a>Debian GNU/Linux package</h4>
+ <h4><a id="deb"></a>Debian GNU/Linux package</h4>
<p>
<a href="https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=w3c-markup-validator">A Debian package is available</a>, courtesy of Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric
@@ -102,23 +82,34 @@
The Validator is also packaged as a standalone Mac OS X Application,
called <a href="http://habilis.net/validator-sac/">Validator <abbr title="[Stand Alone Complex]">S.A.C.</abbr></a>, courtesy of <a href="http://habilis.net/chuck/" title="Chuck Houpt's Home Page">Chuck Houpt</a>.</p>
- <h4><a id="gh" name="gh"></a>Github repository</h4>
+ <h3><a id="getting"></a>Getting the source</h3>
- <p>
- For instructions on how to retrieve the code using Github,
- see our <a href="https://github.com/w3c/markup-validator/">web-based
- interface to the repository</a>.
- </p>
-
- <h3><a id="using" name="using"></a>Using the code</h3>
+ <p><a id="skip"></a>
+ The source code for the <a href="../"><acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym>
+ Markup Validation Service</a> is available under the terms of the
+ <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-software"><acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym>
+ Software License</a>.
+ </p>
- <p>
- The purpose of making the source code available is partly to allow
- others to set up mirrors of the service (either publicly or within
- an intranet behind a firewall), but also to allow us to collaborate
- on making the service better! If you are interested in helping with
- the development, we suggest you first <a href="../docs/install.html">install</a>
- the code and <a href="../docs/devel.html">read our instructions for developers</a>.
+ <p>
+ If you just want to glance at the code, or see its revision
+ history, you can
+ <a href="https://github.com/w3c/markup-validator/">browse it
+ directly in Github</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The most interesting files are currently
+ <a href="https://github.com/w3c/markup-validator/blob/master/httpd/cgi-bin/check">a
+ CGI script called "check"</a> that does pretty much everything,
+ and possibly also <a
+ href="https://github.com/w3c/markup-validator/blob/master/httpd/conf/httpd.conf">the
+ httpd.conf configuration file snippet for Apache</a>.
+ Select the topmost revision numbers on these
+ pages to see the most recent revision of each file.
+ </p>
+ <p>To actually install and run an instance of the W3C Markup Validator from
+ the sources, see the
+ <a href="../docs/install.html">installation manual</a>.
</p>
</div>