Commit a6e8eec3 authored by PJ Eby's avatar PJ Eby

Document 64-bit Windows workaround

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Windows
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Install setuptools using the provided ``.exe`` installer. If you've previously
32-bit version of Python
Install setuptools using the provided ``.exe`` installer.
64-bit versions of Python
Download `ez_setup.py`_ and run it; it will download the appropriate .egg file and install it for you. (Currently, the provided ``.exe`` installer does not support 64-bit versions of Python for Windows, due to a `distutils installer compatibility issue`_
.. _ez_setup.py: http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py
.. _distutils installer compatibility issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue6792
NOTE: Regardless of what sort of Python you're using, if you've previously
installed older versions of setuptools, please delete all ``setuptools*.egg``
and ``setuptools.pth`` files from your system's ``site-packages`` directory
(and any other ``sys.path`` directories) FIRST.
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