From 0ae356f5814008ee910625503ed05fdee9a28b01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stein Magnus Jodal Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:19:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add note about using virtualenv --- docs/contributing.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst index b7d60d91..22df8ced 100644 --- a/docs/contributing.rst +++ b/docs/contributing.rst @@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ Making changes #. Clone your fork on GitHub to your computer. +#. Consider making a Python `virtualenv `_ for + Mopidy development to wall of Mopidy and it's dependencies from the rest of + your system. If you do so, create the virtualenv with the + ``--system-site-packages`` flag so that Mopidy can use globally installed + dependencies like GStreamer. If you don't use a virtualenv, you may need to + run the following ``pip`` and ``python setup.py`` commands with ``sudo`` to + install stuff globally on your computer. #. Install dependencies as described in the :ref:`installation` section.