diff doc/installation.txt @ 6738:966263ad45ea

Document how to run if there is no python3. Since demo.py now runs using python3, provide direction to start if there is no python3.
author John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
date Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:09:55 -0400
parents 3f3ce3004013
children 00fe67eb8a91
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--- a/doc/installation.txt	Tue Jun 28 21:08:41 2022 -0400
+++ b/doc/installation.txt	Tue Jun 28 21:09:55 2022 -0400
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@
 
 If you just want to give Roundup a whirl Right Now, then simply unpack
 and run ``demo.py`` (it will be available as ``roundup-demo`` script
-after installation).
+after installation). (On systems that don't provide a ``python3``
+program you might need to run ``python demo.py``.)
 
 This will set up a simple demo tracker on your machine. [1]_
 When it's done, it'll print out a URL to point your web browser at
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@
        If you run demo on a server host, please stop the demo when
        it has shown startup notice, open file ``demo/config.ini`` with
        your editor, change host name in the ``web`` option in section
-       ``[tracker]``, save the file, then re-run the demo program.
+       ``[tracker]``, save the file, then re-run the demo.py program.
 
 Installation
 ============

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