Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of ExternalPythonPackages

Timestamp:

Mar 13, 2012, 2:34:33 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

maphew

Comment:

using standard windows installer

ExternalPythonPackages

@@ -5 +5 @@
 Important note: it's up to you to ensure the 3rd party packages can play nice with osgeo4w. If things get too messed up because of conflicting versions or something you may need to remove everything and install from scratch.
 
-== pip ==
+== Install with pip ==
 ''[http://www.pip-installer.org/ pip]'' is a tool for installing and managing Python packages, such as those found in the [http://pypi.python.org/pypi Python Package Index]. It’s a replacement for `easy_install`.
 
@@ -33 +33 @@
 It's a good idea to run from a temp or scratch directory because a failed build will leave files behind (and a great many of the packages fail).
 
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+== Use standard Windows installers ==
+If you make Osgeo4W python the system default, you can use the usual windows installers (foobar-setup.exe, .msi). Details for how to do that are at ticket:114, an experimental python program to add and remove o4w python from the Windows registry.