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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e61f63de --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALL @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +You can run ranger without installing by simply starting the executable +file ranger.py in the top directory of this package. + + +To install ranger, follow this instructions: + +0. Make sure you have a recent version of python, including the + curses module, which is the case if this shell command prints no errors: + python -c 'import curses' + + +1. Copy the file "ranger.py" into any of the directories in the PATH + environment variable, for example to "/usr/bin/ranger" + + +2. Copy the directory "ranger" into one of the python module search + paths, for example to "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ranger". + + Ensure that the path is listed by the command: + python -c 'import sys; print("\n".join(sys.path))' + + +3. Optionally, you can activate an extra feature: When you exit ranger, + the directory of the current shell can be changed to the last visited + directory in ranger. To do so, add this alias to your shell rc file: + + alias rng="source ranger ranger" + + (Unfortunately this feature is shell dependent. It has been + successfully tested with bash and zsh only.) |