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Update README to advise installing from prebuilt wheels
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albertosottile committed Oct 20, 2019
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For further information see [the original README](README_ORIGINAL.rst).

How to install:
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- Get the latest wheels for your Python version/architecture from [releases](https://github.com/albertosottile/py2exe/releases).
- Install the downloaded wheel using `pip install` followed by the wheel filename.

Version History
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Version 0.9.3.2:
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How to manually build and install:
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- Install VS2015 or [VC++ Build Tools](http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools)
- Install VS2015 or VC++ Build Tools (details available [here](https://wiki.python.org/moin/WindowsCompilers#Microsoft_Visual_C.2B-.2B-_14.2_standalone:_Build_Tools_for_Visual_Studio_2019_.28x86.2C_x64.2C_ARM.2C_ARM64.29))
- Open the "VS2015 x64 Native Tools Command Prompt"
- Navigate to the py2exe folder
- Install the dependencies `pip install pefile cachetools wheel`
- Execute `python setup.py bdist_wheel`
- Install with `pip`
- Install the built wheel with `pip`

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