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INSTALL.md: point Ubuntu users at the ppa:rsyncproject/rsync PPA

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Most Ubuntu users landing on INSTALL.md want to install rsync, not
build it.  Add a short section near the top that offers the
Launchpad PPA as the one-line path for the four currently supported
series (jammy 22.04 LTS, noble 24.04 LTS, questing 25.10,
resolute 26.04 LTS), and clarify that the rest of the file is about
building from source.
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support libraries that you may want to install to build rsync with the maximum
features (the impatient can skip down to the package summary):
## Ubuntu users: skip the build, use the PPA
If you are on a currently supported Ubuntu series (jammy 22.04 LTS, noble
24.04 LTS, questing 25.10, resolute 26.04 LTS) and just want the latest
upstream rsync, the rsync project maintains a Launchpad PPA that tracks
stable releases:
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rsyncproject/rsync
> sudo apt update && sudo apt install rsync
See [the PPA page][ppa] for current build status across architectures.
[ppa]: https://launchpad.net/~rsyncproject/+archive/ubuntu/rsync
The rest of this document covers building from source.
## The basic setup
You need to have a C compiler installed and optionally a C++ compiler in order