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| author | Brad Warren <bmw@eff.org> | 2017-07-25 21:43:23 +0300 |
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| committer | Brad Warren <bmw@eff.org> | 2017-07-25 21:43:23 +0300 |
| commit | 43bea2edb3ecf86b759709cd343e4acb441d8c23 (patch) | |
| tree | 4cc660f519e833d810b37444ed45d51a50f588c7 | |
| parent | 5845f186ed98e925a50aa2f119297d4c272dd406 (diff) | |
Explicitly advise against using easy_install.
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/install.rst | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst index e75a8b3e2..fec556ec6 100644 --- a/docs/install.rst +++ b/docs/install.rst @@ -234,11 +234,10 @@ Installing from source Installation from source is only supported for developers and the whole process is described in the :doc:`contributing`. -.. warning:: Please do **not** use ``python setup.py install`` or - ``python pip install .``. Please do **not** attempt the - installation commands as superuser/root and/or without virtual - environment, e.g. ``sudo python setup.py install``, ``sudo pip - install``, ``sudo ./venv/bin/...``. These modes of operation might - corrupt your operating system and are **not supported** by the - Certbot team! +.. warning:: Please do **not** use ``python setup.py install``, ``python pip + install .``, or ``easy_install .``. Please do **not** attempt the + installation commands as superuser/root and/or without virtual environment, + e.g. ``sudo python setup.py install``, ``sudo pip install``, ``sudo + ./venv/bin/...``. These modes of operation might corrupt your operating + system and are **not supported** by the Certbot team! |