diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index 6f828fad6..63e7ca5bf 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -1,31 +1,30 @@ # Common - First things first: Supybot *requires* at least Python 2.6. There +First things first: Supybot *requires* at least Python 2.6. There isn't any way to get around it. You can get it from [Python homepage]. [Python homepage]:http://python.org/ # Recommended Software - [PySQLite] -- Version 2.x - - [Twisted] -- Version 1.2.0 or greater +[PySQLite] -- Version 2.x +[Twisted] -- Version 1.2.0 or greater [PySQLite]:https://code.google.com/p/pysqlite/ [Twisted]:http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ - For more information and help on how to use Supybot, checkout +For more information and help on how to use Supybot, checkout the documents under docs/ (especially GETTING_STARTED and CONFIGURATION). - So what do you do? That depends on which operating system you're +So what do you do? That depends on which operating system you're running. We've split this document up to address the different methods, so find the section for your operating system and continue from there. # UNIX/Linux/BSD - If you're installing Python using your distributor's packages, you may +If you're installing Python using your distributor's packages, you may need a python-dev package installed, too. If you don't have a '/usr/lib/python2.x/distutils' directory or '/usr/lib/python2.x/config/Makefile' (assuming '/usr/lib/python2.x' is @@ -81,12 +80,12 @@ PATH=$HOME/.local:$PATH # Windows - **Note**: If you are using an IPV6 connection, you will not be able +**Note**: If you are using an IPV6 connection, you will not be able to run Supybot under Windows (unless Python has fixed things). Current versions of Python for Windows are *not* built with IPV6 support. This isn't expected to be fixed until Python 2.4, at the earliest. - Now that you have Python installed, open up a command prompt. The +Now that you have Python installed, open up a command prompt. The easiest way to do this is to open the run dialog (Programs -> run) and type "cmd" (for Windows 2000/XP/2003) or "command" (for Windows 9x). In order to reduce the amount of typing you need to do, I suggest adding @@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ default settings, you would then do the following in the command prompt set PATH=C:\Python2x\;%PATH% ``` - You should now be able to type 'python' to start the Python +You should now be able to type 'python' to start the Python interpreter. Exit by pressing CTRL-Z and then Return. Now that that's setup, you'll want to cd into the directory that was created when you unzipped Supybot; I'll assume you unzipped it to 'C:\Supybot' for these