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| author | Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> | 2016-08-16 16:23:30 -0700 |
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| committer | Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> | 2016-08-17 23:49:47 +0000 |
| commit | e3daf4a66d5f14148494c28649fb78136807e417 (patch) | |
| tree | fa2d2f007651839ae86a4d5da96550d798329bf4 /docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_quick_setup.asciidoc | |
| parent | 72a3195c8649c315c301942da68e4ee31af17445 (diff) | |
Start recommending Python 3 on Windows.
Works fine here, including git-review.
Change-Id: I8580a6b266fba09c711be8984a9f17e02a9f789f
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/17097
Petri-Dish: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
Tested-by: Petri Dish Buildbot <buildbot-no-reply@wireshark.org>
Reviewed-by: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_quick_setup.asciidoc b/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_quick_setup.asciidoc index 1b8bc358f1..9ee4855d67 100644 --- a/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_quick_setup.asciidoc +++ b/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_quick_setup.asciidoc @@ -242,19 +242,26 @@ PS$>choco install winflexbison ==== Install Python -Get the Python 2.7 installer from http://python.org/download/[] and install -Python into the default location ('C:\Python27'). +Get the Python 3.5 or 2.7 installer from http://python.org/download/[] and +install Python into the default location ('C:\Python35' or 'C:\Python27'). -Why is this recommended? Cygwin's Python package doesn't work on some machines, -so the Win32 native package is recommended (and it's faster). Note that Python 3.x isn't currently supported. +Why is this recommended? Cygwin's `/usr/bin/python` is a Cygwin-specific +symbolic link which cannot be run from Windows. The native package is faster +as well. Alternatively you can install Python using Chocolatey: ---- +PS$>choco install python3 +---- + +or + +---- PS$>choco install python2 ---- -Chocolatey installs Python 2 in 'C:\tools\python2' by default. +Chocolatey installs Python in 'C:\tools\python3' and 'C:\tools\python2' by default. [[ChSetupGit]] |