From 3ead04ceefc0d5a3ab207cabc2b17170229921ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Haines <mark.haines@matrix.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 14:57:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions for upgrading setuptools for when people
encounter a message "mock requires setuptools>=17.1"
---
README.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5b30ee3563..6c8431aa86 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ To install the synapse homeserver run::
virtualenv -p python2.7 ~/.synapse
source ~/.synapse/bin/activate
+ pip install --upgrade setuptools
pip install --process-dependency-links https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tarball/master
This installs synapse, along with the libraries it uses, into a virtual
@@ -285,6 +286,11 @@ may need to manually upgrade it::
sudo pip install --upgrade pip
+Installing may fail with ``mock requires setuptools>=17.1. Aborting installation``.
+You can fix this by upgrading setuptools::
+
+ pip install --upgrade setuptools
+
If pip crashes mid-installation for reason (e.g. lost terminal), pip may
refuse to run until you remove the temporary installation directory it
created. To reset the installation::
--
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