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Rewrite Installation in RST #1310

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Create INSTALL.rst
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Add biopython installation for Mac and Linux
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Add a section on installation using conda
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Update instructions for Mac
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Edit instructions for Anaconda installation
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Make small fixes to Installation docs
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Make fixes to Installation in Windows
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Add link to Python guide for Installation of Python
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Update version of Python in docs
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Mention command for commandline tools in OSX
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Expand Up @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ GCC is recommende as the C compiler, which is usually available as part of the s
2) Mac OS X
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Install Apple’s XCode suite from the App Store, and then from the Xcode options also install the optional command line utilities.
Install Apple’s XCode suite from the App Store, and then install the commandline tools using command- ``xcode-select --install`` on the terminal.
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You don't need the XCode suite at all anymore. I think the wording on http://biopython.org/wiki/Download is still accurate (I don't have a clean Mac to double check this on, those I have access to already have the command line tools).

Also missing a space in "command line" and there is an extra minus/hyphen before the the command.

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I wasn't sure about this earlier. I confirmed this right now on a friend's Mac. Running the command itself is enough for command-line tools and installing XCode also ensures that you get the command-line tools.

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Thanks for doing that - good to know what we're recommending on http://biopython.org/wiki/Download is still current for getting the compilers on macOS 👍


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