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| author | Thomas Kluyver <takowl@gmail.com> | 2014-05-13 11:48:42 -0700 |
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| committer | Thomas Kluyver <takowl@gmail.com> | 2014-05-13 11:49:46 -0700 |
| commit | cd7514fc2064bda4db9fd04e455e42f6381eb590 (patch) | |
| tree | ac27ca26f82d297aa98e9690eb910408d5b66b5e | |
| parent | afebd40190b443a818d713aa17c7a28a8d0b97cc (diff) | |
| download | pexpect-cd7514fc2064bda4db9fd04e455e42f6381eb590.tar.gz | |
Remove out of date INSTALL doc
Closes gh-52
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 48 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README.rst | 4 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL deleted file mode 100644 index c3a2c65..0000000 --- a/INSTALL +++ /dev/null @@ -1,48 +0,0 @@ -Installation ------------- -This is a standard Python Distutil distribution. To install simply run: - - python setup.py install - -This makes Pexpect available to any script on the machine. You need -root access to install it this way. If you do not have root access or -if you do not wish to install Pexpect so that is available to any script -then you can just copy the pexpect.py file to same directory as your script. - -Trouble on Debian and Ubuntu ----------------------------- -For some stupid reason Debian Linux does not include the distutils module -in the standard 'python' package. Instead, the distutils module is packaged -separately in the 'python-dev' package. So to add distutils back -into Python, simply use aptitude or apt-get to install 'python-dev'. -As root, run this command: - apt-get install python-dev -Why they do this is mysterious because: - - It breaks the Python model of "batteries included". - 'distutils' isn't an extra or optional module -- - it's parts of the Standard Python Library. - - The Debian 'python-dev' package is a microscopic 50K installed. - So what are they saving? - - Distutils is not only interesting to developers. Many non-development - oriented Python packages use 'distutils' to install applications. - - As far as I can tell, the package maintainers must go through - more trouble to remove 'distutils' from the standard Python - distribution than it would take just to leave it in. - -PEXPECT LICENSE - - This license is approved by the OSI and FSF as GPL-compatible. - http://opensource.org/licenses/isc-license.txt - - Copyright (c) 2012, Noah Spurrier <noah@noah.org> - PERMISSION TO USE, COPY, MODIFY, AND/OR DISTRIBUTE THIS SOFTWARE FOR ANY - PURPOSE WITH OR WITHOUT FEE IS HEREBY GRANTED, PROVIDED THAT THE ABOVE - COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND THIS PERMISSION NOTICE APPEAR IN ALL COPIES. - THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES - WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF - MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR - ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES - WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN - ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF - OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. - @@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ read the DEVELOPERS document in the root of the source code tree. Free, open source, and all that good stuff. +You can install Pexpect using pip:: + + pip install pexpect + `Docs on ReadTheDocs <http://pexpect.readthedocs.org/>`_ PEXPECT LICENSE |