From 43bea2edb3ecf86b759709cd343e4acb441d8c23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brad Warren Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 11:43:23 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Explicitly advise against using easy_install. --- docs/install.rst | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst index e75a8b3e2..fec556ec6 100644 --- a/docs/install.rst +++ b/docs/install.rst @@ -234,11 +234,10 @@ Installing from source Installation from source is only supported for developers and the whole process is described in the :doc:`contributing`. -.. warning:: Please do **not** use ``python setup.py install`` or - ``python pip install .``. Please do **not** attempt the - installation commands as superuser/root and/or without virtual - environment, e.g. ``sudo python setup.py install``, ``sudo pip - install``, ``sudo ./venv/bin/...``. These modes of operation might - corrupt your operating system and are **not supported** by the - Certbot team! +.. warning:: Please do **not** use ``python setup.py install``, ``python pip + install .``, or ``easy_install .``. Please do **not** attempt the + installation commands as superuser/root and/or without virtual environment, + e.g. ``sudo python setup.py install``, ``sudo pip install``, ``sudo + ./venv/bin/...``. These modes of operation might corrupt your operating + system and are **not supported** by the Certbot team!