Revision: 3244
Author: pekka.klarck
Date: Mon May 10 02:51:57 2010
Log: Smallish enhancements.
http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/source/detail?r=3244
Modified:
/wiki/Installation.wiki
=======================================
--- /wiki/Installation.wiki Fri May 7 04:20:28 2010
+++ /wiki/Installation.wiki Mon May 10 02:51:57 2010
@@ -33,8 +33,13 @@
or checkout it directly from our
[http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/source version control system].
In the former case, first extract the package somewhere, and as a result,
you have
-a directory named _robotframework-`<`version`>`_. After that you just need
to go to the created directory and run the `python setup.py install`
command. For more detailed instructions, see the [UserGuide User Guide].
-
+a directory named _robotframework-`<`version`>`_. After that you just need
to go to the created directory on the command prompt and run the following
command there:
+
+{{{
+ python setup.py install
+}}}
+
+For more detailed instructions, see the [UserGuide User Guide].
= Using Windows installer =
@@ -71,10 +76,10 @@
_robot_postinstall.py_ script after the installation to configure the
runner scripts (`pybot`, `jybot`, `rebot`). The installation output
should define where the post-install script is located, and you can
-execute it by double clicking it or running it from command line like
+execute it by double clicking it or running it from the command line like
`python <PythonInstallationDir>\Scripts\robot_postinstall.py`.
-If you need to use a proxy to access the Internet, you can tell Easy
Install to use it by setting the http_proxy environment variable.
+If you need to use a proxy to access the Internet, you can tell Easy
Install to use it by setting the `http_proxy` environment variable.
= Using One Click Installer =
@@ -90,23 +95,22 @@
== Python installation ==
-Starting from Robot Framework 2.5, Python 2.5 is the minimum supported
Python
-version. Earlier versions support also Python 2.4 and 2.3. On
-most UNIX-like systems, you have Python installed by default. If you are on
+On most UNIX-like systems, you have Python installed by default. If you
are on
Windows or otherwise need to install Python yourself, your best place to
start
is probably the [http://python.org Python homepage]. There you can
download a
suitable installer and get more information about the installation and
Python
in general.
-*NOTE:*
- Robot Framework is currently not compatible with Python 3.x versions
because
- Python 3.0 was intentionally backwards incompatible with earlier Python
releases.
-
+Starting from Robot Framework 2.5, Python 2.5 is the minimum supported
Python
+version. Earlier versions support also Python 2.3 and 2.4. Robot Framework
is
+currently not compatible with Python 3.x versions.
+
+*NOTE:*
On Windows, and especially on Windows Vista, it is recommended to
install Python to all users, and to run the installation as an
administrator.
== Jython installation ==
-Using test libraries implemented with Java or using Java tools directly
+Using test libraries implemented with Java or using Java tools internally
requires running Robot Framework on Jython, which in turn requires Java
Runtime
Environment (JRE). Minimum required JRE version depends on the Jython
version
used. Jython 2.5 requires Java 1.5 or newer, whereas Jython 2.2 works
also with
@@ -117,9 +121,7 @@
Installing Jython is a fairly easy procedure, and the first step is
getting an
installer from the [http://www.jython.org Jython homepage]. Note that the
-installer is an executable JAR package, which you need to run as `java
-jar jython_installer-<version>.jar`. Depending on your system, the
installer runs
-either in graphical or textual mode, but in both cases, the actual
installation
-procedure is very easy.
+installer is an executable JAR package, which you need to run as `java
-jar jython_installer-<version>.jar`.
If you have Jython installed when Robot Framework is installed with Python,
`jybot` runner script will be (most of the time) created correctly. The
details,
