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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Installing :mod:`repoze.bfg`
============================
.. index::
- pair: install; preparation
+ single: install preparation
Before You Install
------------------
@@ -111,8 +111,18 @@ executable and accept the defaults during the installation process.
You may also need to download and install the `Python for Windows
extensions <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/>`_.
+.. warning::
+
+ After you install Python on Windows, you may need to add the
+ ``C:\Python26`` directory to your environment's ``Path`` in order
+ to make it possible to invoke Python from a command prompt by
+ typing ``python``. To do so, right click ``My Computer``, select
+ ``Properties`` --> ``Advanced Tab`` --> ``Environment Variables``
+ and add that directory to the end of the ``Path`` environment
+ variable.
+
.. index::
- pair: installing; UNIX
+ single: installing on UNIX
.. _installing_unix:
@@ -174,7 +184,7 @@ the script. To remediate this, you may need to do:
$ sudo python ez_setup.py
.. index::
- pair: installing; virtualenv
+ single: virtualenv
Installing the ``virtualenv`` Package
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -197,7 +207,7 @@ to install it as your system's administrative user. For example:
$ sudo easy_install virtualenv
.. index::
- pair: creating; virtualenv
+ single: virtualenv
Creating the Virtual Python Environment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -244,7 +254,7 @@ This command will take longer than the previous ones to complete, as it
downloads and installs a number of dependencies.
.. index::
- pair: installing; Windows
+ single: installing on Windows
.. _installing_windows:
@@ -299,7 +309,7 @@ Installing :mod:`repoze.bfg` on a Windows System
http://dist.repoze.org/bfg/current/simple repoze.bfg
.. index::
- pair: installing; Google App Engine
+ single: installing on Google App Engine
Installing :mod:`repoze.bfg` on Google App Engine
-------------------------------------------------