From cb646dd429c3cc42a5270fc473f0b519b16601ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Seyi Ogunyemi Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:36:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Manual installation notes (Linux). --- docs/starting/installation.rst | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/starting/installation.rst b/docs/starting/installation.rst index e7fa0bb..83e4978 100644 --- a/docs/starting/installation.rst +++ b/docs/starting/installation.rst @@ -150,7 +150,16 @@ Now, most Python packages can be installed using the ``pip`` command. For exampl A full list of ``pip``'s capabilities is available by typing ``pip --help``. Linux (Manual) -:::::::::::::: +-------------- + +While your system will quite likely already have Python installation, you might wish to install a different version. This is done in the typical Linux software source install procedure:: + + $ wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/Python-2.7.2.tgz + $ tar -xvf Python-2.7.2.tgz + $ cd Python-2.7.2 + $ ./configure + $ make + $ make install