[tahoe-dev] Installation on Mac

[Zooko O'Whielacronx]

Correct: "python setup.py install" will not work without sudo or root
privileges. However, "python setup.py build" *will* work without sudo
or root privileges. The instructions ¹ do not instruct the user to run
"python setup.py install"!

However, users often run "python setup.py install" even though the
instructions don't say to, and they often put "sudo" before "python
setup.py build" even though the instructions don't say to. So, I'm
kind of despairing of if there is any way to instruct users in how to
build and use a Python program from source…

Regards,

Zooko

¹ https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/trunk/docs/quickstart.rst