From 9212f0c9c3138f005ea8d57acacb8a2a80b252a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Willison Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 12:35:28 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Removed note about virtual environments Simplifies things now that we also talk about pipx. --- docs/installation.rst | 10 ++-------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst index c88950c2..cdf1467a 100644 --- a/docs/installation.rst +++ b/docs/installation.rst @@ -22,19 +22,13 @@ You can install Datasette and its dependencies using ``pip``:: pip install datasette -The last version to support Python 3.5 was 0.30.2 - you can install that version like so:: +The last version to support Python 3.5 was 0.30.2. If you are running Python 3.5 (check using ``python3 --version``) you can install that version of Datasette like so:: pip install datasette==0.30.2 -If you want to install Datasette in its own virtual environment, use this:: - - python -mvenv datasette-venv - source datasette-venv/bin/activate - pip install datasette - You can now run Datasette like so:: - datasette fixtures.db + datasette If you want to start making contributions to the Datasette project by installing a copy that lets you directly modify the code, take a look at our guide to :ref:`devenvironment`.