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authorMatthias Bussonnier <mbussonnier@ucmerced.edu>2019-07-23 12:10:31 -0700
committerMatthias Bussonnier <mbussonnier@ucmerced.edu>2019-07-23 12:15:10 -0700
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Doc: Use `pip install .` where possible instead of calling setup.py
pip will itself call setup.py install with the rights options.
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@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ It's possible to do a parallel build with ``numpy.distutils`` with the ``-j`` op
see :ref:`parallel-builds` for more details.
In order to install the development version of NumPy in ``site-packages``, use
-``python setup.py install --user``.
+``pip install . --user``.
A similar approach to in-place builds and use of ``PYTHONPATH`` but outside the
source tree is to use::
- $ python setup.py install --prefix /some/owned/folder
+ $ pip install . --prefix /some/owned/folder
$ export PYTHONPATH=/some/owned/folder/lib/python3.4/site-packages