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unuglify Unix Python installation instructions #845

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20 changes: 9 additions & 11 deletions docs/narr/install.rst
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[chrism@vitaminf ~]$ cd ~
[chrism@vitaminf ~]$ mkdir tmp
[chrism@vitaminf ~]$ mkdir opt
[chrism@vitaminf ~]$ cd tmp
[chrism@vitaminf tmp]$ wget \
http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/Python-2.7.3.tgz
[chrism@vitaminf tmp]$ tar xvzf Python-2.7.3.tgz
[chrism@vitaminf tmp]$ cd Python-2.7.3
[chrism@vitaminf Python-2.7.3]$ ./configure \
--prefix=$HOME/opt/Python-2.7.3
[chrism@vitaminf Python-2.7.3]$ make; make install
$ cd ~
$ mkdir tmp
$ mkdir opt
$ cd tmp
$ wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/Python-2.7.3.tgz
$ tar xvzf Python-2.7.3.tgz
$ cd Python-2.7.3
$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/opt/Python-2.7.3
$ make && make install

Once these steps are performed, the Python interpreter will be
invokable via ``$HOME/opt/Python-2.7.3/bin/python`` from a shell
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