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| author | PJ Eby <distutils-sig@python.org> | 2011-05-31 20:10:56 +0000 |
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| committer | PJ Eby <distutils-sig@python.org> | 2011-05-31 20:10:56 +0000 |
| commit | a6e8eec3e46dfa7e37259c63da244049ce08f603 (patch) | |
| tree | 76332c3832d065bd225835d3dc581fea5ecd2700 | |
| parent | 8d7af6e22f1275ac58b3eccfd43db6e83dfc6e33 (diff) | |
| download | python-setuptools-git-a6e8eec3e46dfa7e37259c63da244049ce08f603.tar.gz | |
Document 64-bit Windows workaround
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branch : setuptools-0.6
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@@ -12,7 +12,17 @@ Installation Instructions Windows ======= -Install setuptools using the provided ``.exe`` installer. If you've previously +32-bit version of Python + Install setuptools using the provided ``.exe`` installer. + +64-bit versions of Python + Download `ez_setup.py`_ and run it; it will download the appropriate .egg file and install it for you. (Currently, the provided ``.exe`` installer does not support 64-bit versions of Python for Windows, due to a `distutils installer compatibility issue`_ + +.. _ez_setup.py: http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py +.. _distutils installer compatibility issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue6792 + + +NOTE: Regardless of what sort of Python you're using, if you've previously installed older versions of setuptools, please delete all ``setuptools*.egg`` and ``setuptools.pth`` files from your system's ``site-packages`` directory (and any other ``sys.path`` directories) FIRST. |