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windows guide: simplify pip installation

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The get-pip.py script is immensely convenient and will get setuptools for you
if you don't have it already.
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@ -68,22 +68,19 @@ get it right:
1. If you don't have it, `install Python`_ (you want Python 2.7).
2. Install `Setuptools`_ from PyPI. To do this, scroll to the bottom of that
page and download the Windows installer (``.exe``, not ``.egg``) for your
Python version (for example: ``setuptools-0.6c11.win32-py2.7.exe``).
3. If you haven't done so already, set your ``PATH`` environment variable to
2. If you haven't done so already, set your ``PATH`` environment variable to
include Python and its scripts. To do so, you have to get the "Properties"
window for "My Computer", then choose the "Advanced" tab, then hit the
"Environment Variables" button, and then look for the ``PATH`` variable in
the table. Add the following to the end of the variable's value:
``;C:\Python27;C:\Python27\Scripts``.
4. Open a command prompt and install pip by running: ``easy_install pip``
3. Next, `install pip`_ (if you don't have it already) by downloading and
running the `get-pip.py`_ script.
5. Now install beets by running: ``pip install beets``
4. Now install beets by running: ``pip install beets``
6. You're all set! Type ``beet`` at the command prompt to make sure everything's
5. You're all set! Type ``beet`` at the command prompt to make sure everything's
in order.
Windows users may also want to install a context menu item for importing files
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`the mailing list`_.
.. _install Python: http://python.org/download/
.. _Setuptools: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
.. _beets.reg: https://github.com/sampsyo/beets/blob/master/extra/beets.reg
.. _install pip: http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html#install-pip
.. _get-pip.py: https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
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