@@ -113,30 +113,8 @@ Or you can run the `git update-microsoft-git` command, which will run those
113113
114114## Linux
115115
116- ` apt-get ` support is available for Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (18.04) and Hirsute
117- Hippo (21.04). Take the following steps to set up and install based on the
118- version you are running:
119-
120- ### Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)
121-
122- ``` shell
123- curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
124- sudo apt-add-repository https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod
125- sudo apt-get update
126- sudo apt-get install microsoft-git
127- ```
128-
129- To upgrade ` microsoft/git ` , you can run the necessary ` apt-get ` commands:
130-
131- ``` shell
132- sudo apt-get update
133- sudo apt-get upgrade microsoft-git
134- ```
135-
136- Or you can run the ` git update-microsoft-git ` command, which will run those
137- ` apt-get ` commands for you.
138-
139- ### Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute)
116+ ` apt-get ` support is available for Ubuntu Hirsute
117+ Hippo (21.04). Take the following steps to set up and install:
140118
141119``` shell
142120curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/21.04/prod.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-prod.list
@@ -157,7 +135,7 @@ Or you can run the `git update-microsoft-git` command, which will run those
157135
158136### Other Ubuntu/Debian distributions
159137
160- Please use the most recent
138+ On newer distributions * , you may use the most recent
161139[ ` .deb ` package] ( https://github.com/microsoft/git/releases ) . For example,
162140you can download a specific version as follows:
163141
@@ -176,7 +154,13 @@ scalar version
176154
177155To upgrade, you will need to repeat these steps to reinstall.
178156
179- ### Non-Ubuntu/Debian distributions
157+ * Older distributions are missing some required dependencies. Even
158+ though the package may appear to install successfully, `microsoft/
159+ git` will not function as expected. If you are running Ubuntu 18.04 or
160+ older, please follow the install from source instructions below
161+ instead of installing the debian package.
162+
163+ ### Other distributions
180164
181165You will need to compile and install ` microsoft/git ` from source:
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