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| author | Doug Hellmann <doug.hellmann@dreamhost.com> | 2012-10-21 15:46:54 -0400 |
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| committer | Doug Hellmann <doug.hellmann@dreamhost.com> | 2012-10-21 15:46:54 -0400 |
| commit | 77fa6aeff636a8078dcdc871e93b837ad4083377 (patch) | |
| tree | d641ebf4e7e3e2d25aa1979323299cc4f393c258 | |
| parent | 621694709a863dc4b0ffa9275617e6678177322e (diff) | |
| download | cliff-77fa6aeff636a8078dcdc871e93b837ad4083377.tar.gz | |
Document dependency on distribute
Update the installation instructions to include information
about using Distribute instead of setuptools.
Addresses issue #20
Change-Id: If09d63481fbc961a29be81f6c627c8c1c992020b
Signed-off-by: Doug Hellmann <doug.hellmann@dreamhost.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/source/install.rst | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/source/install.rst b/docs/source/install.rst index 1bd67d0..ad9a211 100644 --- a/docs/source/install.rst +++ b/docs/source/install.rst @@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ Python Versions cliff is being developed under Python 2.7 and tested with Python 3.2. +Dependencies +============ + +cliff depends on distribute_, the updated replacement for +setuptools. If you have an older version of setuptools installed, `you +may have trouble installing cliff`_ until you upgrade or set up a +virtualenv_ using distribute instead (by using ``--use-distribute``). + +.. _distribute: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute + +.. _you may have trouble installing cliff: https://bitbucket.org/tarek/distribute/issue/91/install-glitch-when-using-pip-virtualenv + +.. _virtualenv: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv + .. _install-basic: Basic Installation |