From 0c37bb7d8cf823c77a6b9e8a9df23cf80c80b936 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: patrick Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:33:34 +0100 Subject: make python 2.7 a requirement --- INSTALL | 19 ++++++------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 88512dd7..8ed2eaeb 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ INSTALL ======= Alot depends on development versions of notmuch and urwid. - +Note that due to restrictions on argparse and subprocess, +you need to run python v>=2.7. 1. make sure you have urwid V>= 1.0 ------------------------------------- @@ -10,6 +11,9 @@ Alot depends on development versions of notmuch and urwid. > git clone http://github.com/wardi/urwid > cd urwid > sudo python setup.py install +It seems you need the python headers for this. +On debian/ubuntu: +>aptitude install python2.7-dev 2. install notmuch and python bindings from git: @@ -24,18 +28,7 @@ Alot depends on development versions of notmuch and urwid. > sudo python setup.py install -3. make sure you have argparse installed: ------------------------------------------ - -argparse is part of the stadndard library since python v2.7. -If you are running debian and are still on python 2.6, use -aptitude install python-argparse -or -easy_install argparse -to get a backported version. - - -4. get alot and install it from git: +3. get alot and install it from git: ------------------------------------ > git clone git://github.com/pazz/alot alot -- cgit v1.2.3