docs: Delete manual development installation documentation.

This documentation does not work and has not been used for years.

At this point, `provision` is sufficiently flexible in terms of
supporting different platforms that any future work will be to extend
it, rather than maintaining awkward manual installation documentation.
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Tim Abbott
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@@ -23,24 +23,20 @@ Zulip development server, but provides an isolated environment that is
easy to install, update, and uninstall. It has been well-tested and
performs well.
## Advanced setup (non-Vagrant)
## Advanced setup
Zulip also supports a wide range of ways to install the Zulip
development environment:
* On popular Linux platforms, you can **[install directly][install-direct]**.
* On **other Linux/UNIX** distributions, you'll need to follow slightly different
instructions to **[install manually][install-generic]**.
* On Linux platforms, you can **[install directly][install-direct]**.
* On Windows, you can **[install directly][install-via-wsl]** via WSL 2.
## Slow internet connections
If you have a very slow network connection, however, you may want to
avoid using Vagrant (which involves downloading an Ubuntu virtual
machine or Linux container) and either
[install directly][install-direct] (recommended), or use
[the manual install process][install-generic] instead. These options
only support Linux.
machine or Linux container) and [install directly][install-direct] on
a Linux system.
An alternative option if you have poor network connectivity is to rent
a cloud server and install the Zulip development environment for
@@ -78,7 +74,6 @@ machine, take a look at our tips for
[dev-remote]: remote.md
[install-direct]: ../development/setup-advanced.html#installing-directly-on-ubuntu-debian-centos-or-fedora
[install-generic]: ../development/setup-advanced.html#installing-manually-on-unix
[install-vagrant]: ../development/setup-vagrant.md
[self-install-remote]: #installing-remotely
[self-slow-internet]: #slow-internet-connections