Building Maiko is optional

hjellinek · web-flow · commit 3f097e6249e3 · 2025-04-23T13:18:13.000-07:00
Clarified that you don't need to build Maiko if you're only building Medley.  (You will need a Maiko instance to run Medley, of course.)

Signed-off-by: Herb Jellinek &lt;jellinek@newscenter.com&gt;
diff --git a/content/en/software/install-and-run/_index.md b/content/en/software/install-and-run/_index.md
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 Packaged releases of Medley are available for Linux (most recent distros), macOS and Windows 10/11.  Both x86_64 and ARM64 systems are supported (as well as ARM7 - e.g., Raspberry Pi - for Linux).  Instructions for installing and running Medley on these platforms are linked below.
 
-Medley is capable of running on a variety of other OSes including FreeBSD and Solaris, as well as on other CPU architectures including i386, SPARC, PowerPC, and RISC-V.  To install and run Medley on these platforms, you will need to build Medley (and its underlying virtual machine, *Maiko*) from the sources available in the Interlisp repos on [GitHub.com](https://github.com/interlisp/).  Instructions for building Medley and Maiko can be found on GitHub in the [*README* for Maiko](https://github.com/interlisp/maiko) and the [*README* for Medley](https://github.com/interlisp/medley).
+Medley is capable of running on a variety of other OSes including FreeBSD and Solaris, as well as on other CPU architectures including i386, SPARC, PowerPC, and RISC-V.  To install and run Medley on these platforms, you will need to build Medley (and, optionally, its underlying virtual machine, *Maiko*) from the sources available in the Interlisp repos on [GitHub.com](https://github.com/interlisp/).  Instructions for building Medley and Maiko can be found on GitHub in the [*README* for Maiko](https://github.com/interlisp/maiko) and the [*README* for Medley](https://github.com/interlisp/medley).

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`14`	`14`	`Packaged releases of Medley are available for Linux (most recent distros), macOS and Windows 10/11. Both x86_64 and ARM64 systems are supported (as well as ARM7 - e.g., Raspberry Pi - for Linux). Instructions for installing and running Medley on these platforms are linked below.`
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`16`		-Medley is capable of running on a variety of other OSes including FreeBSD and Solaris, as well as on other CPU architectures including i386, SPARC, PowerPC, and RISC-V. To install and run Medley on these platforms, you will need to build Medley (and its underlying virtual machine, Maiko) from the sources available in the Interlisp repos on [GitHub.com](https://github.com/interlisp/). Instructions for building Medley and Maiko can be found on GitHub in the [README for Maiko](https://github.com/interlisp/maiko) and the [README for Medley](https://github.com/interlisp/medley).
	`16`	+Medley is capable of running on a variety of other OSes including FreeBSD and Solaris, as well as on other CPU architectures including i386, SPARC, PowerPC, and RISC-V. To install and run Medley on these platforms, you will need to build Medley (and, optionally, its underlying virtual machine, Maiko) from the sources available in the Interlisp repos on [GitHub.com](https://github.com/interlisp/). Instructions for building Medley and Maiko can be found on GitHub in the [README for Maiko](https://github.com/interlisp/maiko) and the [README for Medley](https://github.com/interlisp/medley).