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| author | Varun Kamath <varunkamath18@gmail.com> | 2018-10-28 14:12:34 -0400 |
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| committer | Paul Ganssle <pganssle@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-10-28 14:12:34 -0400 |
| commit | 9ad8e0dd09dc7f8c22f7cf51a5c83b7c788b50d7 (patch) | |
| tree | 2e084a9b5d8a6050d4a899c029467b0e6dd70ea3 /docs | |
| parent | ad043d61d3bfff3ca69f477f44a718597a34e779 (diff) | |
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Remove ez_setup from documentation (#1553)
Remove ez_setup from setuptools installation docs
This removes ez_setup.py from the setuptools development instructions
and updates some links into EasyInstall that were skipping over the
deprecation warning.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/setuptools.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/docs/setuptools.txt b/docs/setuptools.txt index 9398f8e9..9eec82f3 100644 --- a/docs/setuptools.txt +++ b/docs/setuptools.txt @@ -73,23 +73,17 @@ Developer's Guide Installing ``setuptools`` ========================= -Please follow the `EasyInstall Installation Instructions`_ to install the -current stable version of setuptools. In particular, be sure to read the -section on `Custom Installation Locations`_ if you are installing anywhere -other than Python's ``site-packages`` directory. +.. _EasyInstall Installation Instructions: easy_install.html -.. _EasyInstall Installation Instructions: easy_install.html#installation-instructions +.. _Custom Installation Locations: easy_install.html -.. _Custom Installation Locations: easy_install.html#custom-installation-locations +.. _Installing Packages: https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/ -If you want the current in-development version of setuptools, you should first -install a stable version, and then run:: +To install the latest version of setuptools, use:: - ez_setup.py setuptools==dev - -This will download and install the latest development (i.e. unstable) version -of setuptools from the Python Subversion sandbox. + pip install -U setuptools +Refer to `Installing Packages`_ guide for more information. Basic Use ========= |