QPID-7207: Improve the Qpid Python install and test instructions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb1388f..25807a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,16 +19,18 @@
## Getting started
-1. Make sure the Qpid Python client libraries are on your
- PYTHONPATH. If you have extracted the archive to the directory
- INSTALLPATH, the following export will work:
+1. Make sure the Qpid Python client libraries are on your PYTHONPATH.
+ Extract the archive and add the local directory to your PYTHONPATH:
- $ export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:${INSTALLPATH}/qpid-0.8/python
+ $ tar -xf qpid-python-VERSION.tar.gz
+ $ cd qpid-python-VERSION
+ $ export PYTHONPATH=$PWD:$PYTHONPATH
2. Make sure a broker is running.
3. Run the 'hello' example from qpid-0.8/python/examples/api:
+ $ cd examples/api
$ ./hello
Hello world!
@@ -69,17 +71,21 @@
See the qpid-python-test usage for for additional options:
- ./qpid-python-test -h
+ $ ./qpid-python-test -h
## Installation
Other Qpid components depend on Qpid Python for testing. You can use
setup.py to install Qpid Python to a standard location:
+ # User-local install
+
$ python setup.py install --user
$ export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
$ export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
[or]
- $ python setup.py install # Uses established system paths
+ # System-wide install
+
+ $ sudo python setup.py install
