From 8caf22be6bf5e5cdb0d091e5b4f6a817b473f777 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: RogerHaase Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 10:44:59 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update install docs for python 3.12 pkg_resources workaround #1700 --- docs/admin/install.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/admin/install.rst b/docs/admin/install.rst index fa3ba8018..0a7d506d2 100644 --- a/docs/admin/install.rst +++ b/docs/admin/install.rst @@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ After installation, you should have a ``moin`` command available, try it: moin --help +If you are running Python 3.12.+ and get a traceback with:: + + ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources' + +then you must install setuptools manually:: + + pip install setuptools + +and retry `moin --help` + + Creating a wiki instance ========================