Install Solana before using it (#8638)

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docs/src/SUMMARY.md

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Table of contents
 
 * [Introduction](introduction.md)
+* [Installing Solana](install-solana.md)
 * [Using Solana from the Command-line](cli/README.md)
   * [Command-line Usage](cli/usage.md)
   * [Remote Wallet](remote-wallet/README.md)
     * [Ledger Hardware Wallet](remote-wallet/ledger.md)
   * [Paper Wallet](paper-wallet/README.md)
-    * [Installation](paper-wallet/installation.md)
     * [Paper Wallet Usage](paper-wallet/usage.md)
   * [Offline Signing](offline-signing/README.md)
     * [Durable Transaction Nonces](offline-signing/durable-nonce.md)
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 * [Running a Validator](running-validator/README.md)
   * [Validator Requirements](running-validator/validator-reqs.md)
   * [Choosing a Testnet](running-validator/validator-testnet.md)
-  * [Installing the Validator Software](running-validator/validator-software.md)
   * [Starting a Validator](running-validator/validator-start.md)
   * [Staking](running-validator/validator-stake.md)
   * [Monitoring a Validator](running-validator/validator-monitor.md)

docs/src/install-solana.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Installing the Validator Software
+# Installing Solana
 
 Install the Solana release
 [v1.0.0](https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/releases/tag/v1.0.0) on your

docs/src/paper-wallet/installation.md

@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-# Installation Guide
-Follow this guide to setup Solana's key generation tool called `solana-keygen`
-
-{% hint style="warn" %}
-After installation, ensure your version is `1.0.0` or higher by running `solana-keygen -V`
-{% endhint %}
-
-## Download
-First, download the latest release tarball from GitHub.
-
-1. Setup download url
-
-  ```bash
-  solana_downloads=https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/releases/latest/download
-  ```
-
-2. Specify the download file based on your machine
-
-  **MacOS**
-  ```bash
-  solana_release=solana-release-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.bz2
-  ```
-
-  **Linux**
-  ```bash
-  solana_release=solana-release-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.bz2
-  ```
-
-3. Download
-
-  ```bash
-  curl -L -sSf -o solana-release.tar.bz2 $solana_downloads/$solana_release
-  ```
-
-## Extract
-Next, extract the tarball
-```bash
-tar xf solana-release.tar.bz2
-```
-
-## Add to "PATH"
-Now add the tool to your PATH environment variable with the following command
-```bash
-export PATH="$(pwd)/solana-release/bin:${PATH}"
-```
-
-## Check
-Finally, check that `solana-keygen` can be run by running
-```bash
-solana-keygen -V
-```

docs/src/paper-wallet/usage.md

@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ written to disk by unencrypted memory swaps. It is the user's responsibility to
 protect against this scenario.
 {% endhint %}
 
+## Before You Begin
+
+- [Install the Solana command-line tools](../install-solana.md)
+
+### Check your installation
+
+Check that `solana-keygen` is installed correctly by running:
+
+```bash
+solana-keygen --version
+```
+
 ## Creating a Paper Wallet
 
 Using the `solana-keygen` tool, it is possible to generate new seed phrases as

docs/src/remote-wallet/ledger.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ secure transaction signing.
 
 ## Before You Begin
 
+- [Install the Solana command-line tools](../install-solana.md)
 - [Initialize your Ledger Nano S](https://support.ledger.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000613793)
 - [Install the latest device firmware](https://support.ledgerwallet.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002731113-Update-Ledger-Nano-S-firmware)
 - [Install Ledger Live](https://support.ledger.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006395553/) software on your computer

docs/src/running-validator/validator-reqs.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Here are our recommendations for low, medium, and high end machine specification
 ## Software
 
 * We build and run on Ubuntu 18.04.  Some users have had trouble when running on Ubuntu 16.04
-* See [Validator Software](validator-software.md) for the current Solana software release.
+* See [Installing Solana](../install-solana.md) for the current Solana software release.
 
 Be sure to ensure that the machine used is not behind a residential NAT to avoid
 NAT traversal issues. A cloud-hosted machine works best. **Ensure that IP ports 8000 through 10000 are not blocked for Internet inbound and outbound traffic.**

docs/src/running-validator/validator-testnet.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stability, all that can be said is that CI automation was successful.
 ### Get Testnet Version
 
 You can submit a JSON-RPC request to see the specific software version of the
-cluster. Use this to specify [the software version to install](validator-software.md).
+cluster. Use this to specify [the software version to install](../install-solana.md).
 
 ```bash
 curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getVersion"}' devnet.solana.com:8899