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Clarify pypy build requirement and link instructions in getting started #317

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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion docs/getting-started.rst
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Expand Up @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ Before you build Topaz, there's a few things you'll need:
``hg clone https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy`` ``hg clone https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy``
* RPly: ``pip install -r requirements.txt`` * RPly: ``pip install -r requirements.txt``


We recommend installing ``PyPy`` and ``RPly`` into a `virtualenv`_. Build pypy by following the `instructions for your platform`_ before
building topaz. We recommend installing ``PyPy`` and ``RPly`` into a `virtualenv`_.


Once everything is setup (make sure ``rpython`` is on your ``PYTHONPATH``), you Once everything is setup (make sure ``rpython`` is on your ``PYTHONPATH``), you
can compile Topaz:: can compile Topaz::
Expand All @@ -54,3 +55,4 @@ Note that this is extremely slow, and should never be used for benchmarking,
only for testing. only for testing.


.. _virtualenv: http://www.virtualenv.org/ .. _virtualenv: http://www.virtualenv.org/
.. _instructions for your platform: http://pypy.org/download.html#building-from-source