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diff --git a/docs/quick_tutorial/python_setup.rst b/docs/quick_tutorial/python_setup.rst deleted file mode 100644 index bdba214b9..000000000 --- a/docs/quick_tutorial/python_setup.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,47 +0,0 @@ -============ -Python Setup -============ - -.. note:: - - This tutorial is aimed at Python 3.3. It also works with - Python 2.7. - -First thing's first: we need our Python environment in ship-shape. -Pyramid encourages standard Python development practices (virtual -environments, packaging tools, logging, etc.) so let's get our working -area in place. For Python 3.3: - -.. code-block:: bash - - $ pyvenv-3.3 venv - $ source env/bin/activate - (venv)$ wget https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py -O - | python - -If ``wget`` complains with a certificate error, run it with: - -.. code-block:: bash - - $ wget --no-check-certificate - -In these steps above we first made a :term:`virtualenv` and then -"activated" it, which adjusted our path to look first in -``venv/bin`` for commands (such as ``python``). We next downloaded -Python's packaging support and installed it, giving us the -``easy_install`` command-line script for adding new packages. Python -2.7 users will need to use ``virtualenv`` instead of ``pyvenv`` to make -their virtual environment. - -.. note:: - - Why ``easy_install`` and not ``pip``? Pyramid encourages use of - namespace packages which, until recently, ``pip`` didn't permit. - Also, Pyramid has some optional C extensions for performance. With - ``easy_install``, Windows users can get these extensions without - needing a C compiler. - -.. seealso:: See Also: Python 3's :mod:`venv module <python3:venv>`, - the ``setuptools`` `installation - instructions <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.9.8#installation-instructions>`_, - `easy_install help <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.9.8#using-setuptools-and-easyinstall>`_, - and Pyramid's :ref:`Before You Install <installing_chapter>`. |