From a39a16a7fd6a00671069fef1f261c4b254314a77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Brenecki Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:07:08 +0930 Subject: [PATCH] Added installation instructions for Ubuntu Linux --- docs/starting/installation.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/starting/installation.rst b/docs/starting/installation.rst index ae11c59..5a4818f 100644 --- a/docs/starting/installation.rst +++ b/docs/starting/installation.rst @@ -121,6 +121,17 @@ To install pip, simply run: :: Linux (Ubuntu) :::::::::::::: +Natty Narwhal, the latest version of Ubuntu, comes with Python 2.7 out of the box. Python 3.0 can be installed and run with the following commands:: + + sudo apt-get install python3-minimal + python3 + +Older versions of Python aren't available from the official repository. However, if it's needed (for example to support legacy code), we can add an unsupported repository and install an older version of Python (2.5 in the example below):: + + $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes + $ sudo apt-get update + $ sudo apt-get install python2.5 + Linux (Manual)