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@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ Upgrading from Distribute ========================= Currently, Distribute disallows installing Setuptools 0.7 over Distribute. -You must first uninstall any active version of Distribute first. One way to -do this is to remove all ``setuptools*`` and ``distribute*`` from your -``site-packgaes`` directory. - +You must first uninstall any active version of Distribute first. Upgrading from Setuptools 0.6 ============================= @@ -33,16 +30,7 @@ file and install it for you. .. _ez_setup.py: https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/0.7b5/ez_setup.py -For best results, regardless of what sort of Python you're using, if you've -previously installed older versions of setuptools or distribute, please delete -all ``setuptools*.egg``, ``distribute*.egg``, and ``setuptools.pth`` files and -directories from your system's ``site-packages`` directory -(and any other ``sys.path`` directories) FIRST. - -If you are upgrading a previous version of setuptools that was installed using -an ``.exe`` installer, please be sure to also *uninstall that older version* -via your system's "Add/Remove Programs" feature, BEFORE installing the newer -version. +For best results, uninstall previous versions FIRST. Once installation is complete, you will find an ``easy_install.exe`` program in your Python ``Scripts`` subdirectory. For simple invocation and best results, @@ -102,6 +90,23 @@ is available from the `Bitbucket repo`_, and in-development versions of the .. _Bitbucket repo: https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/get/default.tar.gz#egg=setuptools-dev .. _0.6 branch: https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/get/setuptools-0.6.tar.gz#egg=setuptools-dev06 +Uninstalling +============ + +On Windows, if Setuptools was installed using an ``.exe`` or ``.msi`` +installer, simply use the uninstall feature of "Add/Remove Programs" in the +Control Panel. + +Otherwise, to uninstall Setuptools or Distribute, regardless of the Python +version, delete all ``setuptools*`` and ``distribute*`` files and +directories from your system's ``site-packages`` directory +(and any other ``sys.path`` directories) FIRST. + +If you are upgrading or otherwise plan to re-install Setuptools or Distribute, +nothing further needs to be done. If you want to completely remove Setuptools, +you may also want to remove the 'easy_install' and 'easy_install-x.x' scripts +and associated executables installed to the Python scripts directory. + -------------------------------- Using Setuptools and EasyInstall -------------------------------- |