From 93532480d7b9ed4cc4247b662bb996e5d12585c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chip Senkbeil <chip@senkbeil.org>
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 22:40:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add installation section to readme

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 .gitignore |  1 +
 README.md  | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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 /target
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -22,6 +22,25 @@ talk to the server.
     - [BLAKE2b-256](https://www.blake2.net/) in keyed mode for a second authentication
     - [Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic-curve_Diffie%E2%80%93Hellman) (ECDH) for key exchange
 
+## Installation
+
+### Prebuilt Binaries
+
+If you would like a pre-built binary, check out the 
+[releases section](https://github.com/chipsenkbeil/distant/releases).
+
+### Building from Source
+
+If you have [`cargo`](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo) installed, you can
+directly download and build the source via:
+
+```bash
+cargo install distant
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can clone this repository and build from source following
+the [build guide](./BUILDING.md).
+
 ## Examples
 
 Launch a remote instance of `distant` by SSHing into another machine and