[Zope3-checkins] SVN: Zope3/trunk/releases/ZopeX3/README.txt Added Windows installer instructions.

Tim Peters tim.one at comcast.net
Fri Jun 4 16:59:13 EDT 2004


Log message for revision 25264:
Added Windows installer instructions.

Few people in their right mind are going to want to endure the long from-source dance on Windows.


-=-
Modified: Zope3/trunk/releases/ZopeX3/README.txt
===================================================================
--- Zope3/trunk/releases/ZopeX3/README.txt	2004-06-04 18:58:49 UTC (rev 25263)
+++ Zope3/trunk/releases/ZopeX3/README.txt	2004-06-04 20:59:13 UTC (rev 25264)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Zope X3
 =======
 
-Welcome to the Zope X3 source distribution!
+Welcome to the Zope X3 distribution!
 
 Zope X3 is the next major Zope release and has been written from
 scratch based on the latest software design patterns and the
@@ -105,9 +105,34 @@
 You now have a complete Zope X3 installation.
 
 
-Windows
-~~~~~~~
+Windows (installer)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+On Windows it's easiest to use the Windows installer.  The instructions here
+assume you installed Python in its default location, \Python23.
+
+If you have a previous version of Zope3 installed, use the Windows Control
+Panel's Add/Remove Programs applet to uninstall the old version first. The
+name of the appropriate entry starts with "Python 2.3 Zope X3-".
+
+Run the installer.  Note that the installer creates an uninstallation
+program, and an entry to run it under Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs
+applet.  This will remove the files installed under \Python23, but will not
+remove anything in the instance directory (which you create next).
+
+cd to the \Python23\Scripts directory and create an instance:
+
+  ..\python mkzopeinstance -d <instance dir> -u <username>:<password>
+
+cd to the instance directory (this is the new directory you specified as the
+-d argument to mkzopeinstance) and start Zope:
+
+  \Python23\python bin/runzope
+
+
+Windows (source)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 Using the source distribution on Windows is possible, but is somewhat
 different from using the distribution on Unix.  You may want to use
 the Windows installer instead of the source distribution.  If you
@@ -151,7 +176,7 @@
   C:\ZopeX3-3.0.0> \Python23\python install.py -q install
 
 You now have a complete Zope X3 installation.  Note that this method
-of installing Zope does not allow for easy uninstallation later: you
+of installing Zope does not allow for easy uninstallation later:  you
 will need to delete Zope files manually from your Python's
 Lib\site-packages\ and Scripts\ directories, and remove the directory
 zopeskel\ from your Python installation entirely.  If you use the




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