Revision: 3201
Author: janne.t.harkonen
Date: Wed May 5 22:56:15 2010
Log: Added note of separate ways of installation with Jython
http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/source/detail?r=3201
Modified:
/trunk/doc/userguide/src/GettingStarted/Installation.txt
=======================================
--- /trunk/doc/userguide/src/GettingStarted/Installation.txt Wed May 5
05:31:27 2010
+++ /trunk/doc/userguide/src/GettingStarted/Installation.txt Wed May 5
22:56:15 2010
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
Preconditions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Robot Framework runs both on Python_ and Jython_, and you need to have
-at least one of them to be able to use it. However, the provided installers
-only work with Python, so installing it is always recommended.
+Robot Framework runs both on Python_ and Jython_, and you need to have at
least
+one of them to be able to use it. However, some of the provided installers
only
+work with Python, so installing it is always recommended.
Python installation
'''''''''''''''''''
@@ -86,34 +86,38 @@
your system, the installer runs either in the graphical or the textual
mode,
but in both cases, the actual installation procedure is very easy.
-With Jython 2.5, it is possible to install Robot Framework without having
-Python available by `installing from source`_. Jython 2.2 does not have
-Python's :code:`distutils` module, which is required for automatically
-installing Robot Framework and thus the only way to install without Python
is
-`manual installation`_.
-
-With all supported Jython versions, it is possible to install Robot
Framework
-using Python and still start execution using Jython. When installing Robot
-Framework with Python, its installer tries to find the Jython executable
on the
-system to create the :prog:`jybot` runner script correctly. Jython is
found if:
-
-1. Jython can be executed in the system directly (i.e. it is in
the :var:`PATH`).
-
-2. An environment variable :var:`JYTHON_HOME` is set and it points to
- the Jython installation directory.
-
-3. The installer finds the Jython installation directory from the system.
On
- Windows, it is searched
- from the :path:`C:\\` and :path:`D:\\` drives, and on other systems from
- the :path:`/usr/local` and :path:`/opt` directories. The directory is
found
- if it is under the searched directories mentioned above, or one level
- deeper. For example, the following Jython installation directories
- would be found by the installer::
-
- C:\APPS\Jython2.2
- D:\Jython22
- /usr/local/jython2.2
- /opt/whatever/Jython22
+There are three ways to install Robot Framework so that it can be run with
Jython.
+
+1. With all supported Jython versions, it is possible to install Robot
Framework
+ using Python and still start execution using Jython. When installing
Robot
+ Framework with Python, its installer tries to find the Jython
executable on the
+ system to create the :prog:`jybot` runner script correctly. Jython is
found if:
+
+ - Jython can be executed in the system directly (i.e. it is in
the :var:`PATH`).
+
+ - An environment variable :var:`JYTHON_HOME` is set and it points to
+ the Jython installation directory.
+
+ - The installer finds the Jython installation directory from the
system. On
+ Windows, it is searched from the :path:`C:\\` and :path:`D:\\`
drives,
+ and on other systems from the :path:`/usr/local` and :path:`/opt`
+ directories. The directory is found if it is under the searched
+ directories mentioned above, or one level deeper. For example, the
+ following Jython installation directories would be found by the
+ installer::
+
+ C:\APPS\Jython2.2
+ D:\Jython22
+ /usr/local/jython2.2
+ /opt/whatever/Jython22
+
+
+2. With Jython 2.5, it is possible to install Robot Framework without
having
+ Python available by `installing from source`_.
+
+3. Jython 2.2 does not have Python's :code:`distutils` module, which is
+ required for automatically installing Robot Framework and thus the
only way
+ to install without Python is `manual installation`_.
Installation
