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Update Linux setup for consistency and add more details for macOS

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Veronica K. B. Olsen
2021-03-21 16:54:53 +01:00
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docs/source/setup_linux.rst
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Step 2: Install Package (Optional)
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You can install novelWriter to the default location for Python packages using setuptools. This step
is optional as you can also just put the novelWriter program folder wherever you like. For instance
to ``/opt/novelWriter`` and run Step 3 to set up icons and launcher.
You can install novelWriter to the default location for Python packages using ``setuptools``. This
step is optional as you can also just put the novelWriter program folder wherever you like. For
instance to ``/opt/novelWriter`` and run Step 3 to set up icons and launcher.
To install novelWriter to the default location, it requires that you have setuptools installed on
your system. If you don't have setuptools, it can usually be installed from your distro's
To install novelWriter to the default location, it requires that you have ``setuptools`` installed
on your system. If you don't have it installed, it can usually be installed from your distro's
repository. For Debian and Ubuntu this is achieved with:
.. code-block:: console
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pip3 install --user setuptools
With setuptools in place, novelWriter can be installed to the user space with:
With ``setuptools`` in place, novelWriter can be installed to the user space with:
.. code-block:: console
docs/source/setup_mac.rst
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./setup.py install
./setup.py install --user
This is equivalent to what the ``pip`` installer does. It puts novelWriter in the location on your
system where Python packages are usually kept. This is not really the best suited location for a
GUI application like novelWriter, so you may instead copy the entire source to a suiteable location
yourself.
This requires that the package ``setuptools`` is installed on your system. If not, it can be
installed with:
.. code-block:: console
pip3 install --user setuptools
This is method of install is equivalent to what the ``pip`` installer does. It puts novelWriter in
the location on your system where Python packages are usually kept. This is not really the best
suited location for a GUI application like novelWriter, so you may instead copy the entire source
to a suiteable location yourself.
After this, you should be able to launch novelWriter by running ``novelWriter`` in a command line
window.