README: further clarity about when you need to acquire source and when you don't

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Zooko O'Whielacronx 2007-09-21 12:04:01 -07:00
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@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ easy_install Way, and The Running-In-Place Way. Choose one:
top-level tahoe directory (replacing the word DIST with etch, dapper, edgy,
or feisty as appropriate).
Get the source code (see above).
If you're running on a debian system, run 'make deb-etch', 'make deb-sid',
'make deb-edgy', or 'make deb-feisty' from within the tahoe top-level
directory to construct a debian package named 'allmydata-tahoe' which you
@ -189,9 +191,11 @@ easy_install Way, and The Running-In-Place Way. Choose one:
The Setuptools Way:
Just run 'python setup.py install'. This will compile and install the Tahoe
code to the standard location for your operating system (on unix, that is
somewhere inside /usr/lib/). It will also acquire and install the
Get the source code (see above).
Run 'python setup.py install'. This will compile and install the Tahoe code
to the standard location for your operating system (on unix, that is
somewhere inside /usr/lib/). It will also acquire and install the
easy_install-able dependencies (zfec, foolscap, simplejson, nevow, and if
on Windows pywin32) to the same place.
@ -201,6 +205,8 @@ easy_install Way, and The Running-In-Place Way. Choose one:
The easy_install Way:
You don't need to download the source code first.
Tahoe is registered with the Python Package Index (PyPI), so the
'easy_install' tool can download and install it for you. Just type
'easy_install allmydata-tahoe' from any shell. That will download the most
@ -212,6 +218,8 @@ easy_install Way, and The Running-In-Place Way. Choose one:
The Running-In-Place Way:
Get the source code (see above).
You can use Tahoe without installing it. Once you've built Tahoe then you
can execute "./bin/allmydata-tahoe". (When the allmydata-tahoe script is in
an Tahoe source distribution, it adds the necessary directory to the Python