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| author | Max Illfelder <illfelder@google.com> | 2016-06-15 16:14:58 -0700 |
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| committer | Max Illfelder <illfelder@google.com> | 2016-06-15 16:45:06 -0700 |
| commit | c4eae7b3d1ca8c4872ac7908a652ecde4334cdf5 (patch) | |
| tree | c8e0adf3f1dde7197a585c13bb685437b882ebeb /README.md | |
| parent | fb8c562ec9c31b8023df778a9b380f24ab884759 (diff) | |
| download | google-compute-image-packages-c4eae7b3d1ca8c4872ac7908a652ecde4334cdf5.tar.gz | |
Update the README with PyPI package instructions.
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@@ -278,8 +278,13 @@ GitHub releases. Specific to running `boto` inside of a Python [`virtualenv`](http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/), -specify `--system-site-packages` when creating any virtual environment. This -enables use of the Linux guest environmment package during setup. +virtual environments are isolated from system site-packages. This includes the +installed Linux guest environment libraries that are used to configure `boto` +credentials. There are two recommended solutions: + +* Create a virtual environment with `virtualenv venv --system-site-packages`. +* Install `boto` via the Linux guest environment PyPI package using + `pip install google-compute-engine`. ## Contributing |