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| author | Tres Seaver <tseaver@palladion.com> | 2013-03-20 15:06:24 -0700 |
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| committer | Tres Seaver <tseaver@palladion.com> | 2013-03-20 15:06:24 -0700 |
| commit | 8345ae7d0f20b7c924d45b4c6afedf437d3e68b6 (patch) | |
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| parent | a4a05ac1777814bed16cdc272458829b4e9e2ee6 (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #927 from stevepiercy/master
Add special section for Mac OS X users to Pyramid Install; Make installation explicit and discrete, combining suggestions from @thesteve0, @tshepang, @mcdonc
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diff --git a/docs/narr/install.rst b/docs/narr/install.rst index 9bc62dc62..0a03d9170 100644 --- a/docs/narr/install.rst +++ b/docs/narr/install.rst @@ -19,13 +19,32 @@ run :app:`Pyramid`. run under any version of Python before 2.6. :app:`Pyramid` is known to run on all popular UNIX-like systems such as -Linux, MacOS X, and FreeBSD as well as on Windows platforms. It is also -known to run on :term:`PyPy` (1.9+). +Linux, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD as well as on Windows platforms. It is +also known to run on :term:`PyPy` (1.9+). :app:`Pyramid` installation does not require the compilation of any C code, so you need only a Python interpreter that meets the requirements mentioned. +For Mac OS X Users +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +From `Python.org <http://python.org/download/mac/>`_: + + Python comes pre-installed on Mac OS X, but due to Apple's release + cycle, it's often one or even two years old. The overwhelming + recommendation of the "MacPython" community is to upgrade your + Python by downloading and installing a newer version from + `the Python standard release page <http://python.org/download/releases/>`_. + +It is recommended to download one of the *installer* versions, unless you prefer to install your Python through a packgage manager (e.g., macports or homebrew) or to build your Python from source. + +Unless you have a need for a specific earlier version, it is recommended +to install the latest 2.x or 3.x version of Python. + +If you use an installer for your Python, then you can skip to the +section :ref:`installing_unix`. + If You Don't Yet Have A Python Interpreter (UNIX) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |