Changes between Version 58 and Version 59 of AdvancedInstall

Timestamp:

2013-06-15T13:48:49Z (11 years ago)

Author:

daira

Comment:

document compiler dependency; also, Python 2.6 is no longer supported for Windows

AdvancedInstall

@@ -75 +75 @@
 addition, Tahoe-LAFS uses several third-party python libraries to work its magic,
 many of which are unlikely to be just "lying around" and already installed.
-Several of these use compiled C code, so they '''do''' require a compile
-step.
+Several of these use compiled C code; they '''do''' require a compile step, but
+only where precompiled "egg" distributions are not available for your platform.
+Compiling these requires a working C compiler (probably gcc on Unix platforms)
+to be installed.
 
 {{{python setup.py build}}} will download and build any third-party libraries that
@@ -312 +314 @@
 ==== What if that doesn't work? ====
 
-The build or install steps could result in an error that says a compiler is needed. If this happens and you are using Python 2.6 or Python 2.7, it is a packaging bug that should be reported to the tahoe-dev list. If you are using a different version of Python or want to compile the C/C++ components yourself, install the MinGW C/C++ compiler as follows (this only works for 32-bit Windows):
+The build or install steps could result in an error that says a compiler is needed. If this happens and you are using Python 2.7, it is a packaging bug that should be reported to the tahoe-dev list. If you are using a different version of Python or want to compile the C/C++ components yourself, install the MinGW C/C++ compiler as follows (this only works for 32-bit Windows):
 
 1. Download and install MinGW from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/ (the main installer linked from the big green download button). The installer will prompt you for what components to install. You need the base components plus g++.