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Expand Up @@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ See [the PPA page][ppa] for current build status across architectures.

[ppa]: https://launchpad.net/~rsyncproject/+archive/ubuntu/rsync

To test the upcoming release instead, there is also a [`rsync-latest`
PPA][ppa-latest] that is rebuilt from the tip of the git master branch. These
are development snapshots whose version numbers (such as
`3.5.0~git20260601...`) deliberately sort below the matching stable release, so
the stable PPA above will never silently move you from a release onto a
snapshot. Use it for testing only -- it may contain unreleased changes:

> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rsyncproject/rsync-latest
> sudo apt update && sudo apt install rsync

[ppa-latest]: https://launchpad.net/~rsyncproject/+archive/ubuntu/rsync-latest

The rest of this document covers building from source.

## The basic setup
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<p>See the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~rsyncproject/+archive/ubuntu/rsync">PPA page on Launchpad</a>
for build status across architectures.

<p>For testing the upcoming release, the project also maintains a
<a href="https://launchpad.net/~rsyncproject/+archive/ubuntu/rsync-latest">rsync-latest PPA</a>
that is rebuilt from the tip of the <a href="https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync">git
master branch</a>. These are development snapshots: their version numbers
(such as <code>3.5.0~git20260601...</code>) deliberately sort <em>below</em>
the matching stable release, so mixing this with the stable PPA above will
never silently move you from a release onto a snapshot:

<p><code><small>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rsyncproject/rsync-latest<br>
sudo apt update &amp;&amp; sudo apt install rsync</small></code>

<p>Use the stable PPA for production systems; the rsync-latest PPA is for
testing the master branch and may contain unreleased changes.

<p>The <a href="https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/actions">GitHub Actions
page</a> has build events that each generate a few binary artifact zip files
(just click through via the build's title to see them). The actions page is
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