From c06e88c3e042b0747d8626bc86db8919f94d7bfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "phillip.eby" Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 20:10:27 +0000 Subject: Document 64-bit Windows workaround git-svn-id: http://svn.python.org/projects/sandbox/trunk/setuptools@88845 6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771 --- README.txt | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 03a2afc..22d76da 100755 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.1