[yebyen]

Actually, it's very easy to just launch a ship, if you're not up for compiling stuff.

`docker run -i -t --name ship-container yebyen/urbinit`

This is not a part of the Urbit project, but something that I maintain. I think there's a reference to this method of installing somewhere in the official setup docs.

http://github.com/yebyen/urbinit

If you don't like docker, there's also a set of instructions for building Deb packages that are somewhat less clear. (Sorry, I'm not doing this for my day job...)

NB: at the time of this post, I took a bite of my own dogfood and saw that I could not reach ~zod, the network's leader. It is possible that it is swamped by HN visitors, or also possible that there is something wrong with my local network, or something wrong with my docker which is a few versions behind tip...

Not sure... would be great if someone else can take a look, I'm on the clock.