Update install instructions - #1937
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Windows Python install uses Install Manager now. MacOS users can use Automator to create an app.
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Left some suggestions, will let @windymilla and/or @srjfoo decide whether to make them or leave as-is...
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| 2. In a terminal window, type `pip3 install guiguts` (or `pip3 install guiguts --upgrade` to upgrade from a | ||
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| previous version of GG2). If you cannot use `pip3`, try `python3 -m pip install guiguts` instead. |
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The second variant should work either way; we could simplify the instructions by omitting pip3 mention entirely?
| previous version of GG2). If you cannot use `pip3`, try `python3 -m pip install guiguts` instead. | ||
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| 3. In a terminal window, type `guiguts` to run GG2. | ||
| 3. In a terminal window, type `guiguts` to run GG2. If this does not work, due to not being on your PATH, |
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Again, the second variant should work always, even if the first won't (and it seems the Python installers have shifted something so maybe it will become more common that just guiguts won't work reliably). We could simplify the instructions by only giving one suggestion.
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Fixes #1933 |
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Windows Python install uses Install Manager now.
MacOS users can use Automator to create an app.
@srjfoo - Please check changes, especially suggested alternative for Automator script which states the path in the python command, rather than exporting an updated PATH variable. If it works OK, it seems simpler for users. Thanks.
I also left a [**...] note in point 1 of the macOS user install, about the PATH. Do we need to tell the user how to add to the PATH, and if so, what should we say?