Install guide tweaks #3397
Install guide tweaks #3397
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removed reference to pre-built binaries in source section.
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| `Python (x, y) <https://code.google.com/p/pythonxy>`_ . | |||
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I would consider mentioning miniconda since one of the most often raised complaints from users over Anaconda and Canopy is the large size and the many packages installed. Miniconda allows you to only install the packages you need.
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A reduction in the size of the current installers. The Anaconda installers were becoming too big, due to the inclusion of some large packages. These packages have been removed from the installers, but are still supported and available in the repository, meaning you can still use conda to install them. These packages include mayavi, netcdf4, vtk, and 10 others.
It looks like they have done some thing about that already, but added miniconda link as well.
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Mencoder is currently broken according to the knownfail in the test suite so perhaps we should remove it from here for now. Otherwise this looks good to me. I have not verified the instructions but they match my general experience. |
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I didn't change any of the content, just re-arranged or removed it. |
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Ok, I don't think the mencoder issue is very important so I will merge this when travis passes. |
Install guide tweaks
This should close #2999