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| author | phillip.eby <phillip.eby@6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771> | 2011-05-31 20:10:27 +0000 |
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| committer | phillip.eby <phillip.eby@6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771> | 2011-05-31 20:10:27 +0000 |
| commit | c06e88c3e042b0747d8626bc86db8919f94d7bfd (patch) | |
| tree | 91f7368ad92e834fbd2550380e93bf088604ecbd | |
| parent | dd6cc0cdb25f693bf310f3679d4509946bacc1ab (diff) | |
| download | python-setuptools-c06e88c3e042b0747d8626bc86db8919f94d7bfd.tar.gz | |
Document 64-bit Windows workaround
git-svn-id: http://svn.python.org/projects/sandbox/trunk/setuptools@88845 6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771
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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. |