Author: Matti Picus <[email protected]> Branch: Changeset: r87912:9c7523abf0d0 Date: 2016-10-22 22:39 +0300 http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/9c7523abf0d0/
Log: describe using a packaged PyPy, fixes issue #2424 diff --git a/pypy/doc/install.rst b/pypy/doc/install.rst --- a/pypy/doc/install.rst +++ b/pypy/doc/install.rst @@ -1,8 +1,17 @@ Downloading and Installing PyPy =============================== +Using a packaged PyPy +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Some Linux distributions provide a pypy package. Note that in order to +install additional modules that require compilation, you may need to install +additional packages such as pypy-dev. This will manifest as an error about +"missing Python.h". Distributions do not as of yet supply many pypy-ready +packages, if you require additionall modules we recommend creating a virtualenv +and using pip. + .. _prebuilt-pypy: - Download a pre-built PyPy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -38,6 +47,9 @@ and not move the binary there, else PyPy would not be able to find its library. +Installing more modules +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + If you want to install 3rd party libraries, the most convenient way is to install pip_ using ensurepip_ (unless you want to install virtualenv as explained below; then you can directly use pip inside virtualenvs): _______________________________________________ pypy-commit mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-commit
