Mention that in Fedora you can now install scancode from Fedora repo (#…

…3824) Signed-off-by: Miroslav Suchý <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Ayan Sinha Mahapatra <[email protected]>
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@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ There are a few common ways to `install ScanCode <https://scancode-toolkit.readt
 - `Run in a Docker container with a git clone and "docker run"
   <https://scancode-toolkit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting-started/install.html#installation-via-docker>`_
 
+- In Fedora 40+ you can `dnf install scancode-toolkit`
+
 
 Quick Start
 ===========
@@ -258,4 +260,4 @@ the third-party code used in ScanCode for more details.
 
 .. |release-github-actions| image:: https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/actions/workflows/scancode-release.yml/badge.svg?event=push
     :target: https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/actions/workflows/scancode-release.yml
-    :alt: Release tests
+    :alt: Release tests
diff --git a/docs/source/getting-started/install.rst b/docs/source/getting-started/install.rst
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ For advanced usage and experienced users, you can also use any of these mode:
     ``pip``. This is recommended for developers or users familiar with Python
     that want to embed ScanCode as a library.
 
+- :ref:`fedora_install`
+
+    ScanCode is part of main Fedora Linux repository. It will automatically install
+    all dependencies. This is recommended for production deployments.
+
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 Before Installing
@@ -412,6 +417,22 @@ To uninstall, run::
     pip uninstall scancode-toolkit
 
 
+----
+
+.. _fedora_install:
+
+Install from Fedora's repository
+--------------------------------
+
+The package is available in Fedora 40 and newer. Run::
+
+    dnf install scancode-toolkit
+
+To uninstall, run::
+
+    dnf remove scancode-toolkit
+
+
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 .. _commands_variation: