From 7993fdcfb22713c8d3cdd550b80ffa585eb0f588 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Saunders Brown <matthewsaundersbrown@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:17:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add instructions for installing without git

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 README.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f09eeef..5d2f29a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,12 +7,21 @@ A minimal Debian 12 server install with no extra services or packages installed.
 
 ## Install
 
+If you already have git installed:
 ```
 cd /usr/local/src/
 git clone https://git.stack-source.com/msb/base-stack.git
 cd base-stack
 bash install.sh
 ```
+If you do not have git installed yet use wget & tar method instead (installer will add git to the OS for future use):
+```
+cd /usr/local/src/
+wget https://git.stack-source.com/msb/base-stack/archive/master.tar.gz --output-document=base-stack-master.tar.gz
+tar -xzf base-stack-master.tar.gz
+cd base-stack
+bash install.sh
+```
 
 ## MTA
 For an integrated and full featured mail server configuration it's recommended to install vmail-stack: