Re: [Straw-devel] Latest Updates

[Terje Rosten]

* Ryan P. Skadberg
| 
| a) You should probably add some information about using the setup.py
| script.

Is this patch enough or do you want more information?


 - Terje


--- README~     2004-01-06 15:37:55.000000000 +0100
+++ README      2004-01-06 16:17:02.000000000 +0100
@@ -16,28 +16,54 @@
 
 * Installation *
 
address@hidden cd /path/to/straw
address@hidden make install
+Straw can be installed by make or by the Python distutils framework.
 
 
-* Notes on Installation *
+To install with make do the following:
 
-The Makefile installs files into three locations: the straw executable
-into a directory that should be in your $PATH, a library directory to
-a location that should be in python's search path, and a data
-directory into a location that should be an architecture-neutral
-directory.
-
-In practice, this means, at least by default, /usr/local/bin,
-/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages and /usr/local/share.
-
-If the library directory isn't in your search path, or if you for some
-reason installed it elsewhere, you should point the STRAW_LIB
-environment variable at the directory under which the straw library
-directory was created. That is, in the default installation,
-/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages.
+  address@hidden cd /path/to/straw
+  address@hidden make install
 
+  * Notes on Installation *
 
+  The Makefile installs files into three locations: the straw executable
+  into a directory that should be in your $PATH, a library directory to
+  a location that should be in python's search path, and a data
+  directory into a location that should be an architecture-neutral
+  directory.
+
+  In practice, this means, at least by default, /usr/local/bin,
+  /usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages and /usr/local/share.
+
+  If the library directory isn't in your search path, or if you for some
+  reason installed it elsewhere, you should point the STRAW_LIB
+  environment variable at the directory under which the straw library
+  directory was created. That is, in the default installation,
+  /usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages.
+
+
+If you want to use distutils, follow these steps:
+
+  address@hidden cd /path/to/straw
+  address@hidden python setup.py install
+
+  * Notes on Installation *
+
+  To list the available options when installing with distutils do:
+
+  address@hidden python setup.py install --help
+
+  To list the various distutils commands do:
+
+  address@hidden python setup.py --help-commands
+
+  If you want distutils to build a rpm package try:
+
+  address@hidden python setup.py bdist_rpm
+
+  The rpm package will placed in the dist directory. You have to
+  install the package yourself.
+  
 * Notes on Configuring your Web Browser *
 
 If you click a URL, straw loads the URL in whatever browser is set in your