| Installing Python-Markdown |
| ========================== |
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| Checking Dependencies |
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| Python-Markdown requires the ElementTree module to be installed. In Python2.5+ |
| ElementTree is included as part of the standard library. For earlier versions |
| of Python, open a Python shell and type the following: |
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| >>> import cElementTree |
| >>> import ElementTree |
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| If at least one of those does not generate any errors, then you have a working |
| copy of ElementTree installed on your system. As cElementTree is faster, you |
| may want to install that if you don't already have it and it's available for |
| your system. |
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| See <http://effbot.org/zone/element-index.htm> for more information or to |
| download the latest version of ElementTree. |
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| The East Way |
| ------------ |
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| The simplest way to install Python-Markdown is by using SetupTools. As and |
| Admin/Root user on your system do: |
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| easy_install ElementTree |
| easy_install Markdown |
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| That's it, your done. |
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| Installing on Windows |
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| Download the Windows installer (.exe) from PyPI: |
| <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Markdown> |
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| Double-click the file and follow the instructions. |
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| If you prefer to manually install Python-Markdown in Windows, download the |
| Zip file, unzip it, and on the command line in the directory you unzipped to: |
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| python setup.py install |
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| If you plan to use the provided command line script, you need to make sure your |
| script directory is on your system path. On a typical Python install of Windows |
| the Scripts directory is `C:\Python25\Scripts\`. Adjust according to your |
| system and add that to your system path. |
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| Installing on *nix Systems |
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| From the command line do the following: |
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| wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/M/Markdown/Markdown-2.0.tar.gz |
| tar xvzf Markdown-2.0.tar.gz |
| cd markdown-2.0/ |
| sudo python setup.py install |
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| Using the Git Repository |
| ------------------------ |
| |
| If your the type that like to live on the edge, you may want to keep up with |
| the latest additions and bug fixes in the repository between releases. |
| Python-Markdown is maintained in a Git repository on Gitorious.org. To |
| get a copy of Python-Markdown from the repository do the following from the |
| command line: |
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| git clone git://gitorious.org/python-markdown/mainline.git python-markdown |
| cd python-markdown |
| python setup.py install |
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