From 9aaecf95a490436deff190c77546162118145050 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Nephin Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 11:10:51 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update pip install instructions to be more reliable. Signed-off-by: Daniel Nephin --- docs/install.md | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md index 7842efb4c..a701f2985 100644 --- a/docs/install.md +++ b/docs/install.md @@ -60,7 +60,14 @@ To install Compose, do the following: ### Install using pip - $ sudo pip install -U docker-compose +Compose can be installed from [pypi](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/docker-compose) +using `pip`. If you install using `pip` it is highly recommended that you use a +[virtualenv](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/) because many operating systems +have python system packages that conflict with docker-compose dependencies. See +the [virtualenv tutorial](http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/) +to get started. + + $ pip install docker-compose ### Install as a container