Adding references to Linux packages
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@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ Check out the :doc:`gallery` for some nice examples.
Installation
------------
+
The latest version of astroquery can be conda installed while the latest and
development versions can be pip installed or be downloaded directly from GitHub.
+On Linux systems the recommended way to install astroquery is to use the
+package management system to install the packages offered in the official
+repositories.
Using pip
^^^^^^^^^
@@ -50,6 +54,33 @@ It is also possible to install the latest astroquery with `anaconda
$ conda install -c astropy astroquery
+Archlinux
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+The current stable version of astroquery can be installed directly from the
+Arch User Repository `python-astroquery package
+<https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-astroquery/>`_,
+while the latest version of the development branch in the git repository
+can be installed from the `python-astroquery-git package
+<https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-astroquery-git/>`_.
+
+Debian
+^^^^^^
+
+Astroquery packages for `python 2
+<https://packages.debian.org/python-astroquery>`_ and `python 3
+<https://packages.debian.org/python3-astroquery>`_ have been part of the
+Debian distribution since the release of Debian 9.0 (stretch). These packages
+can be installed using usual package maintenance tools like ``apt-get`` or
+``aptitude``.
+
+Gentoo
+^^^^^^
+
+An `astroquery ebuild
+<https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/dev-python/astroquery>`_ is available
+from the official Gentoo ebuild repository and can be installed with the
+Portage package manager.
Building from source
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
