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Update README.md for installing ponyc on Arch Linux #2341

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Expand Up @@ -179,8 +179,31 @@ sudo apt-get -V install ponyc

## Arch Linux

```bash
pacman -S ponyc
Currently the ponyc package in Arch does not work because
Arch is using LLVM 5 and ponyc requires LLVM 3.7 to 3.9. Also,
building from source does not work for the same reason.

Using [Docker](#using-docker) is one choice, another is to
use [ponyc-rpm](https://github.com/winksaville/ponyc-rpm).

### ponyc-rpm
#### Prerequisites: `git` and `rpmextract`
```
sudo pacman -Syu git rpmextract
```
#### Instructions:
Clone the repo, change directory to the repo, run `makepkg -si`
or use your favorite AUR package manager.
```
git clone https://github.com/winksaville/ponyc-rpm
cd ponyc-rpm
makepkg -si
```

#### Ponyc Usage
You must pass the `--pic` parameter to ponyc on Arch Linux
```
ponyc --pic
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Note that relatively recently the ability was added for enabling --pic as the default when compiling ponyc (#2113).

Would you consider updating your ponyc-rpm repo to do this instead, and save the user this extra step?

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## Gentoo Linux
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