Suggest making sure the RPC endpoint is enabled for checkpointing (#6375)

* Suggest making sure the RPC endpoint is enabled for checkpointing

* Add link to installing zcash-cli via package repo
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### Use the `zebra-checkpoints` utility
`zebra-checkpoints` is the program we use to collect checkpoints. Currently this program uses `zcash-cli` to get the hashes. `zcash-cli` must be available in your machine and it must be connected to a synchronized (Mainnet or Testnet) instance of `zebrad` or `zcashd` to get the most recent hashes.
`zebra-checkpoints` is the program we use to collect checkpoints. Currently this program uses `zcash-cli` to get the hashes. `zcash-cli` must be available in your machine and it must be connected to a synchronized (Mainnet or Testnet) instance of `zebrad` or `zcashd` to get the most recent hashes. Make sure your `zebrad` or `zcashd` is [listening for RPC requests](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/blob/c0849ad8cb3aefe927e1735e586ce3c72d96d16c/zebra-rpc/src/config.rs#L29). If you are on a Debian system, `zcash-cli` [can be installed as a package](https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rtd_pages/install_debian_bin_packages.html).
First, [build the `zebra-checkpoints` binary](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/tree/main/zebra-utils/README.md#zebra-checkpoints).