Improve the setup/uninstall text a bit for windows

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Veronica K. B. Olsen
2021-04-17 17:57:13 +02:00
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@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Step 2: Dependencies and Icons
**Alternative A: By Script**
Open the folder where you extracted the novelWriter source, and double-click the file named
Open the folder where you extracted novelWriter, and double-click the file named
``setup_windows.bat``. This should open a command line window and run the setup script to install
dependencies, and add desktop and start menu icons.
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ and run the following commands:
.. code-block:: console
python setup.py pip
pip install --user pywin32 -r requirements.txt
python setup.py win-install
The first command will install the dependencies on your system from the `Python Package Index`_,
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ remove the main dependency packages and remove desktop and start menu icons.
.. note::
If you downloaded the full source package, the file may be in the ``setup`` subfolder.
If you plan to also remove Python from your system, you must run this command first, as it needs
Python in order to run the commands.
If you plan to also remove Python from your system, you must run the above script first as it needs
Python in order to run.
.. note::
Due to limitations with the ``pip`` installer, dependencies of the dependencies will not be
Due to limitations of the ``pip`` installer, dependencies of the dependencies will not be
removed, only the ones the setup script directly installed.
**Alternative B: Manual Uninstallation**
@@ -141,3 +141,9 @@ yourself if you wish. They are:
python setup.py win-uninstall
pip uninstall -r requirements.txt
There may be other packages on your system installed by ``pip``. To list all packages, run:
.. code-block:: console
pip freeze --user
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if exist setup.py (
echo.
:: Install the PyQt5, lxml and pyenchant dependencies
python setup.py pip
pip install --user pywin32 -r requirements.txt
:: Create the desktop and start menu icons
python setup.py win-install