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| author | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2016-01-18 02:42:50 (GMT) |
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| committer | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2016-01-18 02:42:50 (GMT) |
| commit | 5ad53bfa7b80f3d683bf28d8c212a35078d1dfc8 (patch) | |
| tree | 9cc16cd5a6f7a8471bcf532d373cd3e99fa7c477 /Doc | |
| parent | 5f6ccc787e3d554bf4d759eb532826151809a8dc (diff) | |
| parent | 76d9a6bbd2fe8171f796488055ad829b2e4fab71 (diff) | |
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Merge from 3.5
Issue26017 - Suggest enclosing command args in double quotes when using characters which get interpreted by shell.
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diff --git a/Doc/installing/index.rst b/Doc/installing/index.rst index 973c689..4f0ed50 100644 --- a/Doc/installing/index.rst +++ b/Doc/installing/index.rst @@ -84,10 +84,12 @@ dependencies from the Python Packaging Index:: Python. It's also possible to specify an exact or minimum version directly on the -command line:: +command line. When using comparator operators such as ``>``, ``<`` or some other +special character which get interpreted by shell, the package name and the +version should be enclosed within double quotes:: python -m pip install SomePackage==1.0.4 # specific version - python -m pip install 'SomePackage>=1.0.4' # minimum version + python -m pip install "SomePackage>=1.0.4" # minimum version Normally, if a suitable module is already installed, attempting to install it again will have no effect. Upgrading existing modules must be requested |