From e08afea0f0d016da9174ff46ab6e801bb975542a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Sampson Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 21:45:58 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Mention Python 3 in "getting started" guide --- docs/guides/main.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/guides/main.rst b/docs/guides/main.rst index b89e11f0a..b0bc8e0e9 100644 --- a/docs/guides/main.rst +++ b/docs/guides/main.rst @@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ collection better. Installing ---------- -You will need Python. (Beets is written for `Python 2.7`_. 2.6 support has been -dropped, and Python 3.x is not yet supported.) +You will need Python. +Beets works on `Python 2.7`_ and Python 3.4 or later. .. _Python 2.7: http://www.python.org/download/ * **macOS** v10.7 (Lion) and later include Python 2.7 out of the box. + You can opt for Python 3 by installing it via `Homebrew`_: + ``brew install python3`` * On **Debian or Ubuntu**, depending on the version, beets is available as an official package (`Debian details`_, `Ubuntu details`_), so try typing: @@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ dropped, and Python 3.x is not yet supported.) .. _beets is in [community]: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/beets/ 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``. +front of that). To install without pip, download beets from `its PyPI page`_ and run ``python setup.py install`` in the directory therein.