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diff --git a/doc/install.rst b/doc/install.rst index ab7673d9..55273e6f 100644 --- a/doc/install.rst +++ b/doc/install.rst @@ -57,18 +57,19 @@ The alternate old-school technique is: .. __: coverage_pypi_ -Installing dependencies for CTracer (a C extension for speed). ----------------------- +Installing dependencies +----------------------- -Coverage.py includes a C extension for speed. It is recommended to use this extension if you are working with multiprocessed/multithreaded Python applications. -You may need to install the python-dev and gcc support files before installing coverage via pip, -for example:: +Coverage.py includes a C extension for speed. It is strongly recommended to use +this extension: it is much faster, and is needed to support a number of +coverage.py features. You may need to install the python-dev and gcc support +files before installing coverage via pip. The exact commands depend on which +package manager you use on your operating system, which Python version you are +using, and on the names of the packages for your distribution. For example:: $ sudo apt-get install python-dev gcc $ sudo yum install python-devel gcc -or for Python 3.x:: - $ sudo apt-get install python3-dev gcc $ sudo yum install python3-devel gcc |