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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 9939c11b..b5b1f066 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,45 +1,25 @@ Installing ========== -You don't need to install anything. +Use the package manager of your operating system to install ranger. -You can run ranger by simply starting the executable file ranger.py -in the top directory of this package. -Use the --clean option and it will leave no trace whatsoever on your system. +To install ranger manually, use either: +sudo ./setup.py install --optimize=1 --record=uninstall_info - -If you insist on conventionally install it, use the package manager -of your operating system. If there is no package or it is out of date, -you can also follow these instructions: - - -Step by step -============ - -(This is all done automagically if you type `sudo make install', -though you might want to read the Makefile first) - -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, sys; assert sys.version >= "2.6"' - - -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))' +or for short: +sudo make install Uninstalling ============ -Use your package manager to uninstall ranger. If you manually installed -it, revert the steps described above. +Ranger uses python distutils to install ranger which does not support automatic +uninstalling. + +However, after installing ranger with one of the ways above, all installed +files are recorded to "uninstall_info". This information can be used to +remove ranger: +cat uninstall_info | xargs -d "\n" sudo rm -- -Ranger can also create a configuration directory at ~/.ranger which -you might want to remove as well. +or simply: +sudo make uninstall |