Fix python SDK test suite issues.

[arvados.git] / doc / sdk / python / sdk-python.html.textile.liquid

diff --git a/doc/sdk/python/sdk-python.html.textile.liquid b/doc/sdk/python/sdk-python.html.textile.liquid
index 9a5b54083e968aee437c8fea412bea862151bc80..89b77c9b656ef54e3a5a2857bb51828ac1793425 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sdk/python/sdk-python.html.textile.liquid
+++ b/doc/sdk/python/sdk-python.html.textile.liquid
@@ -16,24 +16,35 @@ If you are logged in to an Arvados VM, the Python SDK should be installed.
 
 To use the Python SDK elsewhere, you can either install the Python SDK via PyPI or build and install the package using the arvados source tree.
 
+{% include 'notebox_begin' %}
+The Python SDK requires Python 2.7
+{% include 'notebox_end' %}
+
 h4. Option 1: install with PyPI
 
 <notextile>
 <pre>
-$ <code class="userinput">sudo apt-get install python-dev libattr1-dev libfuse-dev pkg-config</code>
+$ <code class="userinput">sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev libattr1-dev libfuse-dev pkg-config python-yaml</code>
 $ <code class="userinput">sudo pip install arvados-python-client</code>
 </pre>
 </notextile>
 
+_If your version of @pip@ is 1.4 or newer, the @pip install@ command might give an error: "Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement arvados-python-client". If this happens, fix it by adding a @--pre@ flag:_
+
+<notextile>
+<pre>
+$ <code class="userinput">sudo pip install --pre arvados-python-client</code>
+</pre>
+</notextile>
+
 h4. Option 2: build and install from source
 
 <notextile>
 <pre>
-$ <code class="userinput">sudo apt-get install python-dev libattr1-dev libfuse-dev pkg-config</code>
-$ <code class="userinput">git clone https://github.com/curoverse/arvados.git</code>
-$ <code class="userinput">cd arvados/sdk/python</code>
-$ <code class="userinput">./build.sh</code>
-$ <code class="userinput">sudo python setup.py install</code>
+~$ <code class="userinput">sudo apt-get install python-dev libattr1-dev libfuse-dev pkg-config</code>
+~$ <code class="userinput">git clone https://github.com/curoverse/arvados.git</code>
+~$ <code class="userinput">cd arvados/sdk/python</code>
+~/arvados/sdk/python$ <code class="userinput">sudo python setup.py install</code>
 </pre>
 </notextile>