From af222cc95e9aa46a5b3bc18dcdf4450a2f58ae5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sridhar Ratnakumar <srid@srid.ca>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:20:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Mention runtime deps for static binary

cf. https://github.com/srid/neuron/issues/430#issuecomment-712482966
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 guide/install-static.md | 8 ++++++++
 guide/install.md        | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 guide/install-static.md

diff --git a/guide/install-static.md b/guide/install-static.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c6538586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guide/install-static.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Static binary 
+
+Linux and Windows (WSL2) users can get the static binary [here][staticbin]. If you choose to use the static binary instead of installing through Nix (see [[install]]), note the following:
+
+- You will have to *manually* install the runtime dependencies such as `fzf`, `bat`, `envsubst`, etc. yourself.
+- The static binary corresponds to the last stable release, which generally lags behind the development version (which the Nix install at [[install]] method uses).
+
+[staticbin]: https://github.com/srid/neuron/releases/download/1.0.1.0/neuron-1.0.1.0-linux.tar.gz
diff --git a/guide/install.md b/guide/install.md
index f1048abe9..6cee0c3d5 100644
--- a/guide/install.md
+++ b/guide/install.md
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ OS-specific notes
 :::
 
 * If you are on **Windows**, you should begin by [installing Ubuntu on WSL 2](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10) (not WSL 1), before installing Nix on it.
-  * Alternatively, you can simply download the static binary of the last stable release [here][staticbin].
 * If you are on **macOS Catalina or later**, refer to the [macOS Installation](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/#sect-macos-installation) section of the Nix manual on how to install Nix.
-* If you are on **Linux**, and do not wish to install Nix, you may download the Linux static binary [here][staticbin]. Note that the static binary corresponds to the last stable release, which generally lags behind the development version (which the Nix install method uses).
+
+If you do not wish to install Nix, try the [[[docker]]] or, if you are on Linux or WSL, use the [[[install-static]]].
 :::
 
 [staticbin]: https://github.com/srid/neuron/releases/download/1.0.1.0/neuron-1.0.1.0-linux.tar.gz
@@ -80,4 +80,4 @@ Available commands:
 
 Proceed to the [[tutorial]].
 
-[^nix]: Nix is a general package manager that you can use to manage other software and services as well. [See here](https://github.com/srid/neuron/issues/193#issuecomment-629557917). If you do not wish to install Nix, try the [[[docker]]].
+[^nix]: Nix is a general package manager that you can use to manage other software and services as well. [See here](https://github.com/srid/neuron/issues/193#issuecomment-629557917).