diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 04af8e0ae26f9fa3b7852103f76c61c6fc2bf86f..4c8cd37de9d96d73b334d00bde804ff749ab391d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ A desktop program for [Briar](https://briar.app), bringing secure messaging to y **Note that Briar Desktop is still in a very early prototype stage and not yet functional.** -For regular updates, check out the Briar tag on -[Nico Alt's blog](https://nico.dorfbrunnen.eu/tags/briar/) -([RSS feed](https://nico.dorfbrunnen.eu/tags/briar/index.xml)) -and watch the -[milestones of this repo](https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop/-/milestones). - ## Installation We plan to distribute Briar for Debian (and related distributions) as _.deb_ and @@ -23,14 +17,17 @@ once Briar is available for Debian and on Flathub.org. ### Self-contained Java .jar -The simplest way is to download the nightly briar-desktop.jar and execute it from the command-line. +The simplest way is to +[download the nightly briar-desktop.jar](https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop/-/jobs/artifacts/main/raw/briar-desktop.jar?job=build_jar) +and execute it from the command-line with +`java -jar briar-desktop.jar`. +Note that you need at least version 11 of the Java Runtime Environment. -**Note that this installation method isn't yet available.** +### Self-contained Debian package -``` -wget https://media.dorfbrunnen.eu/briar/desktop/briar-desktop.jar -java -jar briar-desktop.jar -``` +For Debian based Linux distributions, a +[self-contained .deb package](https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop/-/jobs/artifacts/main/raw/briar-desktop.deb?job=build_deb) +is available that ships its own JRE. ## Developers