pycontribs/pyrax

Windows Installation Guideline

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#612 opened on Jul 21, 2016

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good first issue

Description

I propose adding the information to the README that on Windows platform, one will need to first install wrapt from a pre-built binary wheel, because pip install wrapt will fail for lack of python-dev package.

A well-known source of pre-built binary wheels for Python is Christoph Golke's collection available on http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/

So, the complete steps (for Windows) would be:

pip install path\to\wrapt...whl
pip install pyrax

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Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
documentation
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
1
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
under 1 hour
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
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None
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
95
Research direction
The issue requests adding Windows installation steps to the README, specifically installing 'wrapt' from a pre built wheel from Christoph Golke's site. The main file to modify is likely the root README.md. The steps are clearly outlined in the issue body. No linked PRs or assignees exist, so the issue is available for a newcomer to implement.