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@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ you start the installation of `Distribute`. Installation Instructions ------------------------- -Distribute comes in two flavors: in eggs or as a source distribution. Archives -are available at the PyPI page. +Distribute is only released as a source distribution. It can be installed using easy_install or pip, with the source tarball, with the eggs distribution, or using the ``distribute_setup.py`` script provided online. @@ -67,58 +66,11 @@ Source installation Download the source tarball, and uncompress it, then run the install command:: - $ wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.tar.gz - $ tar -xzvf distribute-0.6.tar.gz + $ wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.1.tar.gz + $ tar -xzvf distribute-0.6.1.tar.gz $ cd distribute-0.6 $ python setup.py install -Egg installation -================ - -An Egg is a zip file with a `sh` script inserted in its head so it can be -`executed` in the shell. - -Cygwin, Linux anc Mac OS/X --------------------------- - -1. Download the appropriate egg for your version of Python (e.g. - ``distribute-0.6-py2.4.egg``). Do NOT rename it. - -2. Run it as if it were a shell script, e.g. ``sh distribute-0.6-py2.4.egg``. - Distutils will install itself using the matching version of Python (e.g. - ``python2.4``), and will place the ``easy_install`` executable in the - default location for installing Python scripts (as determined by the - standard distutils configuration files, or by the Python installation). - -If you want to install distribute to somewhere other than ``site-packages`` or -your default distutils installation locations for libraries and scripts, you -may include EasyInstall command-line options such as ``--prefix``, -``--install-dir``, and so on, following the ``.egg`` filename on the same -command line. For example:: - - sh distribute-0.6-py2.4.egg --prefix=~ - -Cygwin Note ------------ - -If you are trying to install Distribute for the **Windows** version of Python -(as opposed to the Cygwin version that lives in ``/usr/bin``), you must make -sure that an appropriate executable (``python2.3``, ``python2.4``, or -``python2.5``) is on your **Cygwin** ``PATH`` when invoking the egg. For -example, doing the following at a Cygwin bash prompt will install Distribute -for the **Windows** Python found at ``C:\\Python24``:: - - ln -s /cygdrive/c/Python24/python.exe python2.4 - PATH=.:$PATH sh distribute-0.6-py2.4.egg - rm python2.4 - -Windows -------- - -Don't install Distribute trying to execute the egg, because it's aimed to -sh-based shells. Instead, use the ``distribute_setup.py`` method, that will -download the egg for you, then install the egg. - --------------------------- Uninstallation Instructions --------------------------- @@ -179,7 +131,7 @@ Install FAQ You need in this case to build a virtualenv with the --no-site-packages option or to install `Distribute` globally. -- **How does in interacts with zc.buildout ?** +- **How does Distribute interacts with zc.buildout ?** Like virtualenv, Distribute has to be installed after setuptools. The simplest way is to add it in a `zc.recipe.egg` section so the job is done when you |