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| author | Florian Bruhin <me@the-compiler.org> | 2020-10-26 13:51:12 +0100 |
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| committer | Florian Bruhin <me@the-compiler.org> | 2020-10-26 15:50:54 +0100 |
| commit | 685a66280aff600a83aa30da814aea63f0116c31 (patch) | |
| tree | dbf474ee7cd3806a6689cb332e7c718bac3da2b3 /doc/install.asciidoc | |
| parent | c79eb71e8edbdf5319cbafef95904ff792ab67b9 (diff) | |
| download | qutebrowser-685a66280aff600a83aa30da814aea63f0116c31.tar.gz qutebrowser-685a66280aff600a83aa30da814aea63f0116c31.zip | |
Initial drop of Python 3.5
See #4800
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diff --git a/doc/install.asciidoc b/doc/install.asciidoc index ec0710c08..9c71bf2b5 100644 --- a/doc/install.asciidoc +++ b/doc/install.asciidoc @@ -32,10 +32,17 @@ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / Linux Mint 18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ubuntu 16.04 doesn't come with an up-to-date engine (a new enough QtWebKit, or -QtWebEngine). However, it comes with Python 3.5, so you can -<<tox,install qutebrowser in a virtualenv>>. +QtWebEngine). It also comes with Python 3.5 which is not supported anymore since +qutebrowser v2.0.0. -You'll need some basic libraries to use the virtualenv-installed PyQt: +You should be able to install a newer Python (3.6+) using the +https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa[deadsnakes PPA] or +https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv[pyenv], and then proceed to +<<tox,install qutebrowser in a virtualenv>>. However, this is currently untested. If you +got this setup to work successfully, please submit a pull request to adjust these +instructions! + +Note you'll need some basic libraries to use the virtualenv-installed PyQt: ---- # apt install --no-install-recommends git ca-certificates python3 python3-venv asciidoc libglib2.0-0 libgl1 libfontconfig1 libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-image0 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-shape0 libxcb-xfixes0 libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-xkb1 libxkbcommon-x11-0 libdbus-1-3 libyaml-dev gcc python3-dev @@ -44,12 +51,6 @@ You'll need some basic libraries to use the virtualenv-installed PyQt: // FIXME not needed anymore? // libxi6 libxrender1 libegl1-mesa -NOTE: Support for Python 3.5 will be dropped with the qutebrowser v2.0.0 -release, preliminarily planned for late 2020. At that point, you will need to -either upgrade to a newer Ubuntu release, or use something like the -https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa[deadsnakes PPA] or -https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv[pyenv] to install a newer Python. - Debian Stretch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -439,9 +440,8 @@ This installs all needed Python dependencies in a `.venv` subfolder This comes with an up-to-date Qt/PyQt including a pre-compiled QtWebEngine binary, but has a few caveats: -- Make sure your `python3` is Python 3.5 or newer, otherwise you'll get a "No - matching distribution found" error. Note that qutebrowser itself also requires - this. +- Make sure your `python3` is Python 3.6 or newer, otherwise you'll get a "No + matching distribution found" error and/or qutebrowser will not run. - It only works on 64-bit x86 systems, with other architectures you'll get the same error. - It comes with a QtWebEngine compiled without proprietary codec support (such |