Freshen up readme with binary packages

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d2d1b8..323de86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,34 @@ Join the IRC channel: [#aerc on irc.freenode.net](http://webchat.freenode.net/?c
 for end-user support, and [#aerc-dev](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=aerc-dev&uio=d4)
 for development.
 
-## Building
+## Usage
+
+On its first run, aerc will copy the default config files to `~/.config/aerc`
+on Linux or `~/Library/Preferences/aerc` on MacOS (or `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc` if set)
+and show the account configuration wizard.
+
+If you redirect stdout to a file, logging output will be written to that file:
+
+    $ aerc > log
+
+For instructions and documentation: see `man aerc` and further specific man
+pages on there.
+
+Note that the example HTML filter (off by default), additionally needs `w3m` and
+`dante` to be installed.
+
+## Installation
+
+### Binary Packages
+
+Recent versions of aerc are available on:
+- [Alpine](https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=aerc)
+- [Arch](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/aerc/)
+- [macOS through Homebrew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/aerc)
+
+And likely other platforms.
+
+### From Source
 
 Install the dependencies:
 
@@ -25,23 +52,17 @@ files (notmuch.h). Then compile aerc with the necessary build tags:
 
     $ GOFLAGS=-tags=notmuch make
 
-## Installation
+To install aerc locally:
 
     # make install
-    $ aerc
-
-On its first run, aerc will copy the default config files to `~/.config/aerc`
-on Linux or `~/Library/Preferences/aerc` on MacOS and show the account
-configuration wizard.
-
-If you redirect stdout to a file, logging output will be written to that file:
-
-    $ aerc > log
 
 ## Resources
 
-[Send patches](https://git-send-email.io) and questions to
-[~sircmpwn/aerc@lists.sr.ht](https://lists.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc).
+Send patches and questions to
+[~sircmpwn/aerc@lists.sr.ht](https://lists.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc)
+
+Instructions for preparing a patch are available at
+[git-send-email.io](https://git-send-email.io)
 
 Subscribe to release announcements on
 [~sircmpwn/aerc-announce](https://lists.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc-announce)