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authorPatrick Totzke <patricktotzke@gmail.com>2012-03-06 21:09:41 +0000
committerPatrick Totzke <patricktotzke@gmail.com>2012-03-06 21:09:41 +0000
commit7d5db672fbb2f939fc4efae1488aecfdc563900a (patch)
tree038cc98762d8af70dc1c7b7afaa6969bc8f10848 /docs/source/installation.rst
parent40784338244c8b1bcd569a74afe4464da04d373c (diff)
make dependency versions explicit
issue #396
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@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ Installation
Dependencies
=======
-Alot depends on recent versions of notmuch (>=0.10) and urwid (>=1.0). Note that due to restrictions
-on argparse and subprocess, you need to run *python v>=2.7*, which only recently made it
+Alot depends on recent versions of notmuch (≥ `0.10`) and urwid (≥ `1.0`). Note that due to restrictions
+on argparse and subprocess, you need to run *python ≥ `2.7`*, which only recently made it
into debian testing.
urwid
-----
-Make sure you have urwid v >=1.0. It is available on debian (wheezy)
+Make sure you have urwid v ≥ `1.0`. It is available on debian (wheezy)
and in *buntu 12.04. To install from git use::
git clone http://github.com/wardi/urwid
@@ -47,26 +47,20 @@ Get alot and install it from git::
other dependencies
------------------
-* python bindings to libmagic, greater or equal than v5.04:
+* `python bindings to libmagic <http://darwinsys.com/file/>`_, ≥ `5.04`:
+ This is packaged as `python-magic` in debian/ubuntu.
- * http://darwinsys.com/file/
- This is packaged as 'python-magic' in debian/ubuntu.
-* python configobj module:
+* python `configobj module <http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html>`_, ≥ `4.6.0`:
+ This is packaged as `python-configobj` in debian/ubuntu.
- * http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html
- * http://pypi.python.org/pypi/configobj
- This is packaged as 'python-configobj' in debian/ubuntu.
-
-* python twisted module:
-
- * http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/
- This is packaged as 'python-twisted' in debian/ubuntu.
+* python `twisted module <http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/>`_, ≥ `10.2.0`:
+ This is packaged as `python-twisted` in debian/ubuntu.
* a mailcap file (I recommend installing 'mime-support' on debian/ubuntu).
- This is used to determine the commands to call when opening attachments
- or text-rendering parts that are not plaintext, e.g. text/html.
- Make sure you have a inline renderer for text/html set in your mailcap as otherwise
- html mails will not display::
+ This is used to determine the commands to call when opening attachments
+ or text-rendering parts that are not plaintext, e.g. text/html.
+ Make sure you have a inline renderer for text/html set in your mailcap as otherwise
+ html mails will not display::
text/html; w3m -dump %s; nametemplate=%s.html; copiousoutput