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diff --git a/Doc/dist/dist.tex b/Doc/dist/dist.tex index 58b88d5..8f17115 100644 --- a/Doc/dist/dist.tex +++ b/Doc/dist/dist.tex @@ -21,20 +21,21 @@ In the past, Python module developers have not had much infrastructure support for distributing modules, nor have Python users had much support for installing and maintaining third-party modules. With the introduction of the Python Distribution Utilities (Distutils for short) -in Python 1.6, this situation should start to improve. +in Python 2.0, this situation should start to improve. This document only covers using the Distutils to distribute your Python -modules. Using the Distutils does not tie you to Python 1.6, though: +modules. Using the Distutils does not tie you to Python 2.0, though: the Distutils work just fine with Python 1.5, and it is reasonable (and expected to become commonplace) to expect users of Python 1.5 to download and install the Distutils separately before they can install -your modules. Python 1.6 users, of course, won't have to add anything +your modules. Python 2.0 users, of course, won't have to add anything to their Python installation in order to use the Distutils to install third-party modules. This document concentrates on the role of developer/distributor: if -you're looking for information on installing Python modules, you should -refer to the ``Installing Python Modules'' manual. +you're looking for information on installing Python modules, you +should refer to the \citetitle[../inst/inst.html]{Installing Python +Modules} manual. \section{Concepts \& Terminology} @@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ supplied as keyword arguments to \function{setup()}. Here's a slightly more involved example, which we'll follow for the next couple of sections: the Distutils' own setup script. (Keep in mind that -although the Distutils are included with Python 1.6, they also have an +although the Distutils are included with Python 2.0, they also have an independent existence so that Python 1.5 users can use them to install other module distributions. The Distutils' own setup script is used to install the package into Python 1.5.) diff --git a/Doc/inst/inst.tex b/Doc/inst/inst.tex index c4e67af..e6baac2 100644 --- a/Doc/inst/inst.tex +++ b/Doc/inst/inst.tex @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ written in Python. In the past, there has been little support for adding third-party modules to an existing Python installation. With the introduction of -the Python Distribution Utilities (Distutils for short) in Python 1.6, +the Python Distribution Utilities (Distutils for short) in Python 2.0, this is starting to change. Not everything will change overnight, though, so while this document concentrates on installing module distributions that use the Distutils, we will also spend some time @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ don't need to know Python to read this document; there will be some brief forays into using Python's interactive mode to explore your installation, but that's it. If you're looking for information on how to distribute your own Python modules so that others may use them, see -the ``Distributing Python Modules'' manual. +the \citetitle[../dist/dist.html]{Distributing Python Modules} manual. \subsection{Best case: trivial installation} @@ -274,12 +274,12 @@ being installed is pure Python or contains extensions (``non-pure''): \begin{tableiv}{l|l|l|c}{textrm}% {Platform}{Standard installation location}{Default value}{Notes} \lineiv{Unix (pure)} - {\filenq{\filevar{prefix}/lib/python1.6/site-packages}} - {\filenq{/usr/local/lib/python1.6/site-packages}} + {\filenq{\filevar{prefix}/lib/python2.0/site-packages}} + {\filenq{/usr/local/lib/python2.0/site-packages}} {(1)} \lineiv{Unix (non-pure)} - {\filenq{\filevar{exec-prefix}/lib/python1.6/site-packages}} - {\filenq{/usr/local/lib/python1.6/site-packages}} + {\filenq{\filevar{exec-prefix}/lib/python2.0/site-packages}} + {\filenq{/usr/local/lib/python2.0/site-packages}} {(1)} \lineiv{Windows} {\filenq{\filevar{prefix}}} @@ -314,11 +314,12 @@ often the same under Unix. You can find out what your Python installation uses for \filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix} by running Python in interactive mode and typing a few simple commands. Under Unix, just type \code{python} at the shell prompt; under Windows, -run ``Python 1.6 (interpreter)'' \XXX{right?}; under Mac~OS, \XXX{???}. -Once the interpreter is started, you type Python code at the \code{>>>} -prompt. For example, on my Linux system, I type the three Python -statements shown below, and get the output as shown, to find out my -\filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix}: +run ``Python 2.0 (interpreter)'' \XXX{right?}; under Mac~OS, \XXX{???}. +Once the interpreter is started, you type Python code at the +\samp{>>> } prompt. For example, on my Linux system, I type the three +Python statements shown below, and get the output as shown, to find +out my \filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix}: + \begin{verbatim} Python 1.5.2 (#1, Apr 18 1999, 16:03:16) [GCC pgcc-2.91.60 19981201 (egcs-1.1.1 on linux2 Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam |