diff --git a/docs/guides/main.rst b/docs/guides/main.rst index 744cd871f..0738f73a4 100644 --- a/docs/guides/main.rst +++ b/docs/guides/main.rst @@ -25,15 +25,18 @@ You will need Python. (Beets is written for `Python 2.7`_, but it works with * For **Arch Linux**, try getting `beets from AUR`_. (There's also a bleeding-edge `dev package`_, which will probably set your computer on fire.) -* If you're on **CentOS** 5, you have Python 2.4. To get 2.6, - `try this yum repository`_. +* For **Gentoo Linux**, there are a couple of overlays that include beets. `One + by vh4x0r`_ includes a development ebuild and `one by syranez`_ includes the + released version. Eventually, beets may eventually get `added to the official + Portage tree`_. -.. _try this yum repository: - http://chrislea.com/2009/09/09/easy-python-2-6-django-on-centos-5/ .. _beets from AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=39577 .. _dev package: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=48617 .. _Debian details: http://packages.qa.debian.org/b/beets.html .. _Ubuntu details: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/beets +.. _One by vh4x0r: https://github.com/vh4x0r/apokolips +.. _one by syranez: https://github.com/syranez/gentoo +.. _added to the official portage tree: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ebuild-submit.xml If you have `pip`_, just say ``pip install beets`` (you might need ``sudo`` in front of that). On Arch, you'll need to use ``pip2`` instead of ``pip``. @@ -59,14 +62,10 @@ get it right: 1. If you don't have it, `install Python`_ (you want Python 2.7). -.. _install Python: http://python.org/download/ - 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``). -.. _Setuptools: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools - 3. 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 @@ -85,6 +84,9 @@ Because I don't use Windows myself, I may have missed something. If you have trouble or you have more detail to contribute here, please `let me know`_. .. _let me know: mailto:adrian@radbox.org +.. _install Python: http://python.org/download/ +.. _Setuptools: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools + Configuring -----------