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author | Jan Tattermusch <jtattermusch@users.noreply.github.com> | 2016-05-06 11:31:32 -0700 |
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committer | Jan Tattermusch <jtattermusch@users.noreply.github.com> | 2016-05-06 11:31:32 -0700 |
commit | fe8acd723f78e442d96fce9f61c281149328258d (patch) | |
tree | 9c0fc29f15d414e97ff20723d21094d42211ab6f /tools | |
parent | de07fc67f579166b32e3c59204e6b37c698e6e2a (diff) | |
parent | 7e660d7e42d0d5b37e41bbb79c373898746c5442 (diff) |
Merge pull request #6469 from soltanmm/doctools
Add Python grpcio-tools documentation
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-rw-r--r-- | tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/MANIFEST.in | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/README.rst | 126 |
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diff --git a/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/MANIFEST.in b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/MANIFEST.in index f99fb07ca8..7712834d64 100644 --- a/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/MANIFEST.in +++ b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/MANIFEST.in @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ include grpc_version.py include protoc_deps.py include protoc_lib_deps.py +include README.rst graft grpc graft grpc_root graft third_party diff --git a/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/README.rst b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/README.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3be564ef5b --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/README.rst @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +gRPC Python Tools +================= + +Package for gRPC Python tools. + +Installation +------------ + +The gRPC Python tools package is available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows +running Python 2.7. + +From PyPI +~~~~~~~~~ + +If you are installing locally... + +:: + + $ pip install grpcio-tools + +Else system wide (on Ubuntu)... + +:: + + $ sudo pip install grpcio-tools + +If you're on Windows make sure that you installed the :code:`pip.exe` component +when you installed Python (if not go back and install it!) then invoke: + +:: + + $ pip.exe install grpcio-tools + +Windows users may need to invoke :code:`pip.exe` from a command line ran as +administrator. + +n.b. On Windows and on Mac OS X one *must* have a recent release of :code:`pip` +to retrieve the proper wheel from PyPI. Be sure to upgrade to the latest +version! + +You might also need to install Cython to handle installation via the source +distribution if gRPC Python's system coverage with wheels does not happen to +include your system. + +From Source +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Building from source requires that you have the Python headers (usually a +package named :code:`python-dev`) and Cython installed. + +:: + + $ export REPO_ROOT=grpc # REPO_ROOT can be any directory of your choice + $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git $REPO_ROOT + $ cd $REPO_ROOT + $ git submodule update --init + + $ cd tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools + $ python ../make_grpcio_tools.py + + # For the next command do `sudo pip install` if you get permission-denied errors + $ pip install . + +You cannot currently install Python from source on Windows. Things might work +out for you in MSYS2 (follow the Linux instructions), but it isn't officially +supported at the moment. + +Troubleshooting +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Help, I ... + +* **... see a** :code:`pkg_resources.VersionConflict` **when I try to install + grpc** + + This is likely because :code:`pip` doesn't own the offending dependency, + which in turn is likely because your operating system's package manager owns + it. You'll need to force the installation of the dependency: + + :code:`pip install --ignore-installed $OFFENDING_DEPENDENCY` + + For example, if you get an error like the following: + + :: + + Traceback (most recent call last): + File "<string>", line 17, in <module> + ... + File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 509, in find + raise VersionConflict(dist, req) + pkg_resources.VersionConflict: (six 1.8.0 (/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages), Requirement.parse('six>=1.10')) + + You can fix it by doing: + + :: + + sudo pip install --ignore-installed six + +* **... see compiler errors on some platforms when either installing from source or from the source distribution** + + If you see + + :: + + /tmp/pip-build-U8pSsr/cython/Cython/Plex/Scanners.c:4:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory + #include "Python.h" + ^ + compilation terminated. + + You can fix it by installing `python-dev` package. i.e + + :: + + sudo apt-get install python-dev + + If you see something similar to: + + :: + + third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/stubs/mathlimits.h:173:31: note: in expansion of macro 'SIGNED_INT_MAX' + static const Type kPosMax = SIGNED_INT_MAX(Type); \\ + ^ + And your toolchain is GCC (at the time of this writing, up through at least + GCC 6.0), this is probably a bug where GCC chokes on constant expressions + when the :code:`-fwrapv` flag is specified. You should consider setting your + environment with :code:`CFLAGS=-fno-wrapv` or using clang (:code:`CC=clang`). |