From 1b8a96089cd5187f4840aacb4f3e661f858bd8b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Max Illfelder Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 17:23:48 -0700 Subject: Update README for boto troubleshooting. --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c083805..1bf5d06 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Compute Engine [images](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images). * [Metadata Scripts](#metadata-scripts) * [Configuration](#configuration) * [Packaging](#packaging) +* [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting) * [Contributing](#contributing) * [License](#license) @@ -271,6 +272,15 @@ The package build tools are published. The tools are run on a GCE VM to build release packages, and the output deb and rpm packages are included in our GitHub releases. +## Troubleshooting + +**Using boto with virtualenv** + +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. + ## Contributing Have a patch that will benefit this project? Awesome! Follow these steps to have -- cgit v1.2.1