improve installation instruction (#5493)

Author: skshetry

content/docs/install/linux.md

@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@ $ sudo yum install dvc
 
 ## Install from package
 
-Get the binary package from the big "Download" button on the
-[home page](https://dvc.org). Then install it with the following command.
-
 <details id="from-pkg-on-debian-ubuntu">
 
 ### On Debian/Ubuntu
 
+[Download the debian package first](https://dvc.org/download/linux-deb/dvc-3.64.1).
+Then install it with `apt`:
+
 ```cli
 $ sudo apt install ./dvc_0.62.1_amd64.deb
 ```
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ $ sudo apt install ./dvc_0.62.1_amd64.deb
 
 ### On Fedora/CentOS
 
+[Download the RPM package directly](https://dvc.org/download/linux-rpm/dvc-3.64.1).
+Then install it with `yum`:
+
 ```cli
 $ sudo yum install dvc-0.62.1-1.x86_64.rpm
 ```

content/docs/install/macos.md

@@ -24,21 +24,6 @@ Recommended. Requires [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/).
 $ brew install dvc
 ```
 
-## Install from package
-
-Get the PKG (binary) from the big "Download" button on the
-[home page](https://dvc.org).
-
-> Note that currently, in order to open the PKG file, you must go to the
-> **Downloads** directory in Finder and do a
-> [secondary click](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/right-click-mh35853/mac)
-> on it, then select "Open With" > **Installer.app**, and click the **Open**
-> button.
-
-> You may try
-> [these instructions](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25925752/uninstall-packages-in-mac-os-x/42120328#42120328)
-> to uninstall the macOS package.
-
 ## Install with pip
 
 <admon type="tip">
@@ -108,3 +93,17 @@ $ mamba install -c conda-forge dvc-s3
 In this case it installs the `boto3` library along with DVC.
 
 </details>
+
+## Install from package
+
+[Download the macOS PKG installer directly](https://dvc.org/download/osx/dvc-3.64.1).
+
+> Note that currently, in order to open the PKG file, you must go to the
+> **Downloads** directory in Finder and do a
+> [secondary click](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/right-click-mh35853/mac)
+> on it, then select "Open With" > **Installer.app**, and click the **Open**
+> button.
+
+> You may try
+> [these instructions](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25925752/uninstall-packages-in-mac-os-x/42120328#42120328)
+> to uninstall the macOS package.

content/docs/install/windows.md

@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ In this case it installs the `boto3` library along with DVC.
 
 ## Windows installer
 
-A quick way is to use the self-contained, executable installer (binary), which
-is available from the big "Download" button on the [home page](https://dvc.org).
+A quick option on Windows is to install DVC using the self-contained executable
+installer. [Download the latest version here][windows-installer-download-link].
 
 You'll need to download and run the installer again each time you want to update
 DVC. You may use Windows Uninstaller to
@@ -128,3 +128,5 @@ DVC. You may use Windows Uninstaller to
 > they can use them to
 > [optimize DVC](/user-guide/data-management/large-dataset-optimization)
 > operations.
+
+[windows-installer-download-link]: https://dvc.org/download/win/dvc-3.64.1

content/docs/start/index.md

@@ -27,6 +27,30 @@ a 100Gb file in less than a second with a `git checkout`.
 
 _💫 DVC is your *"Git for data"*!_
 
+## Installing DVC
+
+First things first, let's install DVC. The easiest way to install dvc is with
+[`uv`](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) or [`pipx`](https://pipx.pypa.io/stable/):
+
+```cli
+$ uv tool install dvc  # or,
+$ pipx install dvc
+```
+
+Once it's installed, verify dvc is available by running:
+
+```cli
+$ dvc --help
+```
+
+If you see a help message listing dvc commands, you are good to continue!
+
+<admon type="tip">
+
+See the [Installation Guide](/install) for more installation options.
+
+</admon>
+
 ## Initializing a project
 
 Before we begin, settle on a directory for this guide. Everything we will do