[tor-commits] [flashproxy/master] Fuller documentation on installing Python.

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commit 9fdf4e657d89ad2dcd13f58aa3789a5172c45086
Author: David Fifield <david at bamsoftware.com>
Date:   Sat Nov 24 00:49:32 2012 -0800

    Fuller documentation on installing Python.
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 doc/windows-deployment-howto.txt |   17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/windows-deployment-howto.txt b/doc/windows-deployment-howto.txt
index 3573aaf..5c0e22c 100644
--- a/doc/windows-deployment-howto.txt
+++ b/doc/windows-deployment-howto.txt
@@ -24,10 +24,21 @@ be present on the system in order for PyInstaller to
 bundle them. Bundling also requires a Windows Python
 installation and PyInstaller.
 
-1. Python
+1. Python  http://python.org/download/
 
-The official 2.7.3 Windows binary can be found at
-http://www.python.org/download/.
+Get the latest 32-bit installer in the 2.x series.
+http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/python-2.7.3.msi
+http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/python-2.7.3.msi.asc
+There are instructions for verifying the signature on the download page.
+$ gpg --verify python-2.7.3.msi.asc
+
+Run the installer. "Install for all users". You can disable "Tcl/Tk",
+"Documentation", "Utility Scripts", and "Test suite".
+
+Set the PATH environment variable as described at
+http://docs.python.org/2/using/windows.html#configuring-python
+PATH=...;C:\Python27
+You will have to restart your shells to pick up the new PATH.
 
 1.5 pywin32  http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/