From 74a8f354deaec027022ac6c349622f915897712b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ivan Alejandro Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:51:07 -0300 Subject: Recommend install in virtualenv and discourage global installation. --- docs/client/user-install.md | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/client/user-install.md b/docs/client/user-install.md index 77e9b1a..2ba5a30 100644 --- a/docs/client/user-install.md +++ b/docs/client/user-install.md @@ -105,10 +105,15 @@ Or from the github mirror : $ git clone https://github.com/leapcode/bitmask_client.git Once you have grabbed a copy of the sources, and installed all the base -dependencies, you can install it into your site-packages easily : +dependencies, the recommended way to proceed is to install things in a virtualenv. + + $ virtualenv bitmask && source bitmask/bin/activate + $ make # compile the resources + $ python2 setup.py install + +Or you can install it into your global site-packages easily : $ make # compile the resources $ sudo python2 setup.py install -Although, like always, it is a better idea to install things in a -virtualenv. +WARNING: installing a package in the global site-packages can be harmful because the dependency installation can overwrite some of the existing packages. -- cgit v1.2.3