From f8eb4709a5e1ba10b81830e69eb145c765fdd025 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20Gra=C3=B1a?= Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 10:21:13 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Recommend pypi as single way to install on Windows --- docs/intro/install.rst | 31 +++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/intro/install.rst b/docs/intro/install.rst index c16d82bd3..96f260e00 100644 --- a/docs/intro/install.rst +++ b/docs/intro/install.rst @@ -135,9 +135,11 @@ And then follow the instructions in :ref:`intro-install-scrapy`. Other Linux distros ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The easiest way to install Scrapy in other Linux distros is through -``easy_install``, which will automatically install Twisted, w3lib and lxml as -dependencies. See :ref:`intro-install-easy`. +The easiest way to install Scrapy on other Linux distros is through +``easy_install`` or ``pip``, which will automatically install Twisted, w3lib +and lxml dependencies. + +See :ref:`intro-install-easy` or :ref:`intro-install-pip` Another way would be to install dependencies, if you know the packages in your distros that meets them. See :ref:`intro-install-requirements`. @@ -148,29 +150,15 @@ Mac OS X The easiest way to install Scrapy on Mac is through ``easy_install`` or ``pip``, which will automatically install Twisted, w3lib and lxml dependencies. -See :ref:`intro-install-easy`. +See :ref:`intro-install-easy` or :ref:`intro-install-pip` Windows ------- -There are two ways to install Scrapy in Windows: +The easiest way to install Scrapy on Windows is through ``easy_install`` or +``pip``, which will automatically install Twisted, w3lib and lxml dependencies. -* using ``easy_install`` or ``pip`` - see :ref:`intro-install-easy` or - :ref:`intro-install-pip` - -* using the Windows installer, but you need to download and install the - dependencies manually: - - 1. `Twisted for Windows `_ - you - may need to install `pywin32`_ because of `this Twisted bug`_ - - 2. Install `Zope.Interface`_ (required by Twisted) - - 3. `libxml2 for Windows `_ - - 4. `PyOpenSSL for Windows `_ - - 5. Download the Windows installer from the `Downloads page`_ and install it. +See :ref:`intro-install-easy` or :ref:`intro-install-pip` .. _Python: http://www.python.org .. _Twisted: http://twistedmatrix.com @@ -184,4 +172,3 @@ There are two ways to install Scrapy in Windows: .. _pip: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip .. _setuptools: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools .. _Control Panel: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sysdm_advancd_environmnt_addchange_variable.mspx -.. _Downloads page: http://scrapy.org/download/