diff --git a/docs/debian.rst b/docs/debian.rst index f939d9af..74bab30f 100644 --- a/docs/debian.rst +++ b/docs/debian.rst @@ -114,11 +114,17 @@ from a regular Mopidy setup you'll want to know about. sudo service mopidy status - Mopidy installed from a Debian package can use both Mopidy extensions - installed both from Debian packages and extensions installed with pip. + installed both from Debian packages and extensions installed with pip. This + has always been the case. - The other way around does not work: Mopidy installed with pip can use - extensions installed with pip, but not extensions installed from a Debian - package. This is because the Debian packages install extensions into + Mopidy installed with pip can use extensions installed with pip, but + not extensions installed from a Debian package released before August 2015. + This is because the Debian packages used to install extensions into :file:`/usr/share/mopidy` which is normally not on your ``PYTHONPATH``. - Thus, your pip-installed Mopidy will not find the Debian package-installed + Thus, your pip-installed Mopidy would not find the Debian package-installed extensions. + + In August 2015, all Mopidy extension Debian packages was modified to install + into :file:`/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages`, like any other Python Debian + package. Thus, Mopidy installed with pip can now use extensions installed + from Debian.