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## Quickstart

* Install the latest Arch, Debian, macOS, or RPM format installation package from the [Asciiville Releases](https://github.com/doctorfree/Asciiville/releases) page
* Install the latest Arch, Debian, macOS, RPM, or compressed tar archive format installation package from the [Asciiville Releases](https://github.com/doctorfree/Asciiville/releases) page
* Run the `ascinit` command
* Must be done as a normal user with `sudo` privilege
* Run `ascinit -c` to perform a console initialization (no graphical utilities)
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Asciiville can be installed on Arch Linux, Debian based Linux systems,
and RPM based Linux systems using the platform native packaging format.

Apple macOS users can install Asciiville manually using the provided
installation script and `Darwin` distribution archive.

Installation and initialization require admistrative privilege. The `ascinit`
If no native packaging format is available, Linux users can install Asciiville
manually using the provided installation script and `Linux` distribution archive.

Installation and initialization require administrative privilege. The `ascinit`
command, executed after installing Asciiville, installs several packages
and therefore requires access to the Internet along with administrative
privilege (e.g. `sudo` privilege).
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## Installation

Asciiville 3.0.1 and later can be installed on any architecture.
Asciiville 3.0.2 and later utilize [Homebrew](https://brew.sh) to install
packages during `ascinit` post installation initialization.
Asciiville 3.0.2 and later can optionally utilize
[Homebrew](https://brew.sh) to install packages during `ascinit`
post installation initialization.

Asciiville can be installed on Linux systems using the Arch Linux
packaging format, the Debian packaging format, or the Red Hat Package
Manager (RPM). Currently tested platforms include Arch Linux 2022.07.01,
Ubuntu Linux 20.04, Fedora Linux 35, and Raspbian Linux Bullseye.
packaging format, the Debian packaging format, the Red Hat Package
Manager (RPM), or manually with the Linux compressed tar archive.
Asciiville can be installed on Apple macOS using the Darwin
compressed tar archive.

Currently tested platforms include Apple macOS, Arch Linux,
Ubuntu Linux, Fedora Linux, and Raspbian Linux.

Installation packages are provided in Debian packaging format, Red Hat
package manager (RPM) format, and Arch Linux packaging format.

See the [Build](#build) section below to compile and build a package on
an Linux platform other than those for which packages are provided.

Asciiville v2.0.0r2 and later can be installed on Apple macOS systems
using the provided installation script and `Darwin` distribution archive.

### Arch Linux package installation

The `pacman` package manager is one of the major distinguishing features of
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