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diff --git a/doc/source/install.rst b/doc/source/install.rst index 07211e67..83c1a20d 100644 --- a/doc/source/install.rst +++ b/doc/source/install.rst @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ Installing poezio ================= -.. important:: Python 3.2 or better is highly recommended, as we do not - officially support python 3.1 (although we do try to keep things running). +.. important:: Python 3.3 or better is highly recommended, as we do not + officially support python 3.1 (although we do try to keep things running), + and python 3.2 has some unfixable issues. poezio in the GNU/Linux distributions ------------------------------------- @@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ using one of these. (If another distribution provides a poezio package, please tell us and we will add it to the list) -Install poezio from the sources -------------------------------- +Install from source +------------------- .. note:: The ``make`` command is always required, because while we could provide the compiled file into the archive, the ABI changes and platform variety would @@ -36,13 +37,8 @@ Install poezio from the sources Stable version ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -`Stable version`_ packages are available. the ``python3-devel`` package or similar -is required. - -If you take the standalone package with all the deps, you only need to run ``make`` -to have a working poezio install. - -If you don’t, please scroll down to the dependencies. +`Stable version`_ packages are available in standalone (included dependencies) +and poezio-only packages (both with prebuilt html doc for convenience). Development version @@ -57,7 +53,6 @@ support. Therefore, you might want to use the git version. git clone git://git.poez.io/poezio cd poezio - make Dependencies ~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -76,7 +71,9 @@ in the latest available version, down to 3.2. install it. You will first need python3-devel, or whatever your distribution named it, along -with standard utilities such as make. +with standard utilities such as make. Once you have them, you can run ``make`` +to build the only part of poezio that needs it. If you downloaded the standalone +stable package, you are finished here and can skip to :ref:`running poezio <poezio-run-label>`. Poezio depends on two libraries: @@ -104,9 +101,9 @@ For a manual install: python3 setup.py build python3 setup.py install --user -"""""" +""""""""" SleekXMPP -"""""" +""""""""" Poezio now depends on SleekXMPP 1.2. if your distribution does not provide it yet, you can install it this way: @@ -142,20 +139,27 @@ If you have git installed, it will download and update locally the libraries for you. (and if you don’t have git installed, install it) -To run poezio directly from the directory, do: +If you really want to install it, run as root (or sudo in ubuntu or whatever): .. code-block:: bash - ./launch.sh + make install -If you really want to install it, run as root (or sudo in ubuntu or whatever): +.. _poezio-run-label: + +Running +~~~~~~~ + +If you didn’t install poezio, you can run it from the source directory +with: .. code-block:: bash - make install + ./launch.sh + -And then start it with: +If you did, it should be in he ``$PATH`` as ``poezio``, so run: .. code-block:: bash |