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authorJason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>2013-11-28 12:24:41 -0500
committerJason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>2013-11-28 12:24:41 -0500
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Updated installation notes to describe installation on Python 2.4 and Python 2.5.
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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ file and install it for you.
For best results, uninstall previous versions FIRST (see `Uninstalling`_).
-Once installation is complete, you will find an ``easy_install.exe`` program in
+Once installation is complete, you will find an ``easy_install`` program in
your Python ``Scripts`` subdirectory. For simple invocation and best results,
add this directory to your ``PATH`` environment variable, if it is not already
present.
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ will download the appropriate version and install it for you::
> wget https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py -O - | python
Note that you will may need to invoke the command with superuser privileges to
-install to the system Python.
+install to the system Python::
+
+ > wget https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py -O - | sudo python
Alternatively, on Python 2.6 and later, Setuptools may be installed to a
user-local path::
@@ -57,6 +59,14 @@ user-local path::
> python ez_setup.py --user
+Python 2.4 and Python 2.5 support
+=================================
+
+Setuptools 2.0 and later requires Python 2.6 or later. To install setuptools
+on Python 2.4 or Python 2.5, use the bootstrap script for Setuptools 1.x:
+https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap-py24/ez_setup.py.
+
+
Advanced Installation
=====================