From dedd4d8241abf161d7eea3106bf55e6f295a9725 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Damien Elmes Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:50:55 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] mention bs req and running instructions --- README | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index d1ba84572..7f04e71de 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Prerequisites for Linux/FreeBSD/etc: - Python 2.5+ - Python-Qt/PyQt 4.6+ - SimpleJSON 1.7.3+ -- Beautiful Soup +- BeautifulSoup 3.2+ - Httplib2 0.7+ For audio playing support: @@ -18,10 +18,29 @@ For audio recording support: - pyaudio - lame -Running / Installation -------------------------------------- +Old Distros +------------- - +If your Linux distribution doesn't have the required versions of BeautifulSoup +or Httplib2, you'll need to bypass the system version. Below is an example for +Ubuntu and BeautifulSoup. Run the following from a terminal: + + $ sudo dpkg -P python-beautifulsoup # remove any system version + $ sudo apt-get install python-pip + $ sudo pip install beautifulsoup + +Installation & Running +------------------------ + +Anki does not need installing, and can be run from the directory it is +extracted to. If you extracted it to ~/anki-2.0 for example, you can run Anki +by simply typing ~/anki-2.0/anki in a terminal. + +If you don't want the source folder cluttering your home folder, you can move +it to /usr/local/lib/anki or another folder of your choice. + +More information +----------------- For more information and the latest version, please see the website at: