Install method on linux should use git clone

[ArrODevv]

Page URL

https://docs.flutter.dev/get-started/install/linux/android#download-then-install-flutter

Page source

https://github.com/flutter/website/tree/main/src/content/get-started/install/linux/android.md

Describe the problem

On the page listed above, there is a download link for a .tar.xz and every time (2 times to be precise) I install flutter from this file, flutter doctor complains that the directory should be a git clone of flutter/flutter. After cloning said repo it immediately worked. It's not a fatal issue, but it does decrease user comfort.

Sorry for that wall of text, let me know if you need more infos or if this is a duplicate (I couldn't find an issue for this) or really anything.

Thank you!

Expected fix

I think the first step shouldn't be downloading the tar.xz archive, but rather opening a terminal and running git clone [...].

Additional context

I use Firefox 133.0.3 and am following the installation tutorial for flutter android app development.

I would like to fix this problem.

• I will try and fix this problem on docs.flutter.dev.

[sfshaza2]

@antfitch, would you mind taking a look at this?

[antfitch]

Absolutely.

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[antfitch]

My hunch is that a developer should not have to clone flutter/flutter to build a Flutter Android app. I suspect that a developer should clone this repository only if they feel like making their own changes to the Flutter project or taking a sneak peak at upcoming features.

@craiglabenz is this something you can chime in on? @ArrODevv when you were getting those error messages, had you ever cloned flutter/flutter on the machine you were using before?

[ArrODevv]

No, it was my first time installing flutter. I did everything according to the guide. At first I thought there was a good reason it needed a git clone?

A bit after posting this issue, I also installed flutter on my windows machine and there was a git clone in the zip file.

Thanks for your time so far!