From c58cd127eb0d5f2d794cc41556e4950029b6a7a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Giuffrida Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 21:45:10 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs: dependencies don't built on Windows See issue https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-python/issues/219 for more. Hopefully this saves others from spending a few days on this problem. The recommended command `pip install azure-storage` does not work on Azure Web Apps, a primary environment this package is intended for, so this seems important to point out. Furthermore, `cryptography` reports that failed builds require --- doc/index.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst index 99811b9d..ec2dd6ad 100644 --- a/doc/index.rst +++ b/doc/index.rst @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ If you want to install ``azure-storage`` from source:: cd azure-storage-python python setup.py install +On Windows, you need to build the ``cffi`` and ``cryptography`` dependencies natively. See the documentation for those modules, or install from wheel: `cffi 1.10.0 `__, `cryptography 1.5 `__ (both links are for Python 3.4 in 32-bit environments, the default in Azure Web Apps). On Azure Web Apps, you also need to change the ``cp34m`` portion of the wheel file name to ``none``. + If you are looking for Azure Service Bus or the Azure management libraries, please visit https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python @@ -115,4 +117,4 @@ Indices and tables :glob: upgrade - ref/* \ No newline at end of file + ref/*