[Biopython-dev] Should we recommend "pip install biopython"?

[Peter Cock]

That sounds good - do you fancy having a go at updating
the README and Installation.txt file & making a pull request?

https://github.com/biopython/biopython/blob/master/README
https://github.com/biopython/biopython/blob/master/Doc/install/Installation.tex

The longer installation document still talks about easy_install
which (I believe) have been superseded by pip now.

Peter

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Chris Mitchell <chris.mit7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would add in a note that if they do not have super-user privileges, they
> may use pip install --user biopython to install it locally for that user.
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Should we be suggesting "pip install biopython" as the
>> first approach under "For the impatient" in the README,
>> over download the source then:
>>
>>     $ python setup.py build
>>     $ python setup.py test
>>     $ sudo python setup.py install
>>
>> I did add pip to the wiki, but perhaps that was premature?
>>
>> http://biopython.org/wiki/Download
>>
>> Also, can we get rid of the easy_install section on the wiki
>> in favour of pip?
>>
>> Peter
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