Mercurial > kallithea
changeset 8688:7982eac0703d
docs: drop documentation for installing without virtualenv
Installing globally as root require an unjustified trust in our build/install
process ... and makes it very hard to uninstall or clean up.
Installing as a user is slightly better but also more error-prone and not
recommended.
Those who really want to do it and know how to do it also don't need this
description.
| author | Mads Kiilerich <mads@kiilerich.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:05:44 +0200 |
| parents | 5e46f73f0d1c |
| children | 19d93bd709bf |
| files | docs/installation.rst |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/docs/installation.rst Mon Oct 12 11:12:37 2020 +0200 +++ b/docs/installation.rst Thu Sep 03 15:05:44 2020 +0200 @@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ installations side by side or remove it entirely by just removing the virtualenv directory) and does not require root privileges. -- :ref:`installation-without-virtualenv`: The alternative method of installing - a Kallithea release is using standard pip. The package will be installed in - the same location as all other Python packages you have ever installed. As a - result, removing it is not as straightforward as with a virtualenv, as you'd - have to remove its dependencies manually and make sure that they are not - needed by other packages. +- Kallithea can also be installed with plain pip - globally or with ``--user`` + or similar. The package will be installed in the same location as all other + Python packages you have ever installed. As a result, removing it is not as + straightforward as with a virtualenv, as you'd have to remove its + dependencies manually and make sure that they are not needed by other + packages. We recommend using virtualenv. Regardless of the installation method you may need to make sure you have appropriate development packages installed, as installation of some of the @@ -125,27 +125,6 @@ You can now proceed to :ref:`install-front-end`. -.. _installation-without-virtualenv: - - -Installing a released version without virtualenv ------------------------------------------------- - -For installation without virtualenv, 'just' use:: - - pip install kallithea - -Note that this method requires root privileges and will install packages -globally without using the system's package manager. - -To install as a regular user in ``~/.local``, you can use:: - - pip install --user kallithea - -You can now proceed to :ref:`install-front-end`. - -.. _install-front-end: - Prepare front-end files -----------------------