[Python-checkins] r53308 - sandbox/branches/setuptools-0.6/README.txt
phillip.eby
python-checkins at python.org
Tue Jan 9 19:00:58 CET 2007
Author: phillip.eby
Date: Tue Jan 9 19:00:57 2007
New Revision: 53308
Modified:
sandbox/branches/setuptools-0.6/README.txt
Log:
README formatting fix (backport from trunk)
Modified: sandbox/branches/setuptools-0.6/README.txt
==============================================================================
--- sandbox/branches/setuptools-0.6/README.txt (original)
+++ sandbox/branches/setuptools-0.6/README.txt Tue Jan 9 19:00:57 2007
@@ -65,19 +65,19 @@
the `EasyInstall manual`_ for detailed instructions, especially `the section
on custom installation locations`_.
-.. _The EasyInstall user's guide and reference manual: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall
+.. _EasyInstall manual: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall
.. _the section on custom installation locations: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#custom-installation-locations
Cygwin Note
-----------
-If you are trying to install setuptools 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 setuptools for the *Windows*
-Python found at ``C:\\Python24``::
+If you are trying to install setuptools 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 setuptools
+for the **Windows** Python found at ``C:\\Python24``::
ln -s /cygdrive/c/Python24/python.exe python2.4
PATH=.:$PATH sh setuptools-0.6c4-py2.4.egg
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