From 89ba79b23119538476db8e5c99916cb448b70972 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karim Ahmed <karim.ahmed@xfel.eu>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:04:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] note for target development installation
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@@ -94,22 +94,27 @@ then after cloning the offline calibration package from git, the requirements ca
Development Installation
------------------------
-For a development installation, which automatically picks up (most) changes,
-first install the dependencies as above, but then install the tool-chain
-separately in development mode::
+For a development installation in your home directory, which automatically
+picks up (most) changes, first install the dependencies as above,
+but then install the tool-chain separately in development mode::
- pip install -e .
+ pip install -e . --user
+.. note:: Using "- -target" for development installation in a preferred directory can lead to errors.
+
+.. note:: For development installation in karabo environment "- -user" is not needed.
Installation of New Notebooks
-----------------------------
-To install new, previously untracked notebooks repeat the installation of
-the the tool-chain, without prerequisites, from the package base directory::
+To install new, previously untracked notebooks in the home directory,
+repeat the installation of the the tool-chain, without requirments,
+from the package base directory::
- pip install --upgrade .
+ pip install --upgrade . --user
-Or, in case you are activily developing::
+Or, in case you are actively developing::
+
+ pip install -e . --user
- pip install -e .
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