From 8f5d55c53957822ed79085f6b8b2b51f12e05301 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rdb Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 10:45:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README; mention upgrading pip on failure Prompted by #231 [skip ci] --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 474ccedc57..fde01c38f0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ into an existing Python installation is using the following command: pip install --pre --extra-index-url https://archive.panda3d.org/ panda3d ``` +If this command fails, please make sure your version of pip is up-to-date. + If you prefer to install the full SDK with all tools, the latest development builds can be obtained from this page: @@ -51,6 +53,9 @@ depending on whether you are on a 32-bit or 64-bit system: https://www.panda3d.org/download/panda3d-1.9.4/panda3d-1.9.4-tools-win32.zip https://www.panda3d.org/download/panda3d-1.9.4/panda3d-1.9.4-tools-win64.zip +(It is also possible to build using MSVC 2015 and 2017, which requires a +different set of thirdparty libraries, but that is not described here.) + After acquiring these dependencies, you may simply build Panda3D from the command prompt using the following command: