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Clarifies which Linux package to use

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This adds two things to documentations:

1. Links to installers (I picked the non 64bit version for Windows)
2. Clarifying and emphasazing that one needs to use package used by upstream to use CALIBRE_DEVELOP_FROM, not the package provided by distribution

See also here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=294791
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@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Windows development environment
.. note:: You must also get the calibre source code separately as described above.
Install calibre normally, using the Windows installer. Then open a Command Prompt and change to
Install calibre normally, using the `Windows installer <https://calibre-ebook.com/download_windows>`_. Then open a Command Prompt and change to
the previously checked out calibre code folder. For example::
cd C:\Users\kovid\work\calibre
@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ macOS development environment
.. note:: You must also get the calibre source code separately as described above.
Install calibre normally using the provided .dmg. Then open a Terminal and change to
Install calibre normally using the `provided .dmg <https://calibre-ebook.com/download_osx>`_. Then open a Terminal and change to
the previously checked out calibre code folder, for example::
cd /Users/kovid/work/calibre
@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ used in Windows and macOS. Alternatively, you can install calibre from source. I
environment from source are in the INSTALL file in the source tree. Here we will address using the binary as a runtime, which is the
recommended method.
Install calibre using the binary installer. Then open a terminal and change to the previously checked out calibre code folder, for example::
Install calibre using the `binary installer <https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux>`_. Then open a terminal and change to the previously checked out calibre code folder, for example::
cd /home/kovid/work/calibre
@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ The next step is to set the environment variable ``CALIBRE_DEVELOP_FROM`` to the
So, following the example above, it would be ``/home/kovid/work/calibre/src``. How to set environment variables depends on
your Linux distribution and what shell you are using.
.. note::
It is recommended to use the binary installer provided from upstream.
Should you insist on using a package provided by your distribution, use
the ``CALIBRE_PYTHON_PATH`` and ``CALIBRE_RESOURCES_PATH`` variables instead.
Once you have set the environment variable, open a new terminal and check that it was correctly set by using
the command::