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| author | Ned Batchelder <nedbat@gmail.com> | 2016-02-25 08:48:42 -0500 |
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| committer | Ned Batchelder <nedbat@gmail.com> | 2016-02-25 08:48:42 -0500 |
| commit | 3d8f747979a7a1f01eedcaff815d9a49c1293153 (patch) | |
| tree | 600a83ae68d49c6430fe155fad8263af64c5c919 | |
| parent | 44eedfc4a9a1153f6bc5ac08bd7b1411fc9bcb7d (diff) | |
| parent | 8f6712af9626f56bcc7ffef8410579cdfc741b6b (diff) | |
| download | python-coveragepy-3d8f747979a7a1f01eedcaff815d9a49c1293153.tar.gz | |
Merged in iluxame/coverage.py (pull request #79)
Fixing CTracer installation documentation
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/install.rst | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/install.rst b/doc/install.rst index 16d4447..ab7673d 100644 --- a/doc/install.rst +++ b/doc/install.rst @@ -57,18 +57,20 @@ The alternate old-school technique is: .. __: coverage_pypi_ -Installing from source +Installing dependencies for CTracer (a C extension for speed). ---------------------- -Coverage.py includes a C extension for speed. If you are installing from -source, you may need to install the python-dev support files, for example -with:: +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:: - $ sudo apt-get install python-dev + $ sudo apt-get install python-dev gcc + $ sudo yum install python-devel gcc or for Python 3.x:: - $ sudo apt-get install python3-dev + $ sudo apt-get install python3-dev gcc + $ sudo yum install python3-devel gcc Installing on Windows |