From 468a3b4e23def6c894c1164551536dd4bba84e66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Lo=C3=AFc=20Hoguin?= <essen@ninenines.eu>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 12:45:55 +0200
Subject: Document ESCRIPT_ZIP=zip and Ubuntu's p7zip-full

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 doc/src/guide/escripts.asciidoc | 11 ++++++++++-
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diff --git a/doc/src/guide/escripts.asciidoc b/doc/src/guide/escripts.asciidoc
index eebd6d8..722dcc6 100644
--- a/doc/src/guide/escripts.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/src/guide/escripts.asciidoc
@@ -10,8 +10,17 @@ that they are fairly small compared to releases.
 
 For self-contained executables, check xref:sfx[self-extracting releases].
 
+=== Requirements
+
 Erlang.mk uses `p7zip` by default to generate the escript
-archive. Make sure it is installed.
+archive. Make sure it is installed. On most systems the
+package is named `p7zip`; on Ubuntu you need `p7zip-full`.
+
+If `p7zip` is unavailable, `zip` may be used by setting
+the `ESCRIPT_ZIP` variable. For example:
+
+[source,bash]
+$ make escript ESCRIPT_ZIP=zip
 
 === Generating an escript
 
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