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Expand Up @@ -17,18 +17,22 @@ You can include other modules (or "recipes") to compile using `-m`::
./distribute.sh -m "openssl kivy"
./distribute.sh -m "pil ffmpeg kivy"

.. note::

Recipes are instructions for compiling Python modules that require C extensions.
The list of recipes we currently have is at:
https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/tree/master/recipes

You can also specify a specific version for each package. Please note that the
compilation might **break** if you don't use the default version. Most recipes
have patch to fixes android issues, and might not apply if you specify a
version. We also recommend to clean build/ before changing version.::

./distribute.sh -m "openssl kivy==master"

The list of available recipes is available at:
https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/tree/master/recipes

From python-for-android 1.1, you can now specify pure-python package into the
-m. It will use virtualenv and pip to install pure-python modules into the
Python modules that don't need C extrnsions don't need a recipe and can be included this way.
From python-for-android 1.1 on, you can now specify pure-python package into the
distribution. It will use virtualenv and pip to install pure-python modules into the
distribution. Please note that compiler are deactivated, and will break any
module who try to compile something. If compilation is needed, write a recipe::

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