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diff --git a/src/python/README.md b/src/python/README.md new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..be2f2bedf9 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/python/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +GRPC Python +========= + +The Python facility of GRPC. + + +Prerequisites +----------------------- + +Python 2.7, virtualenv, pip, libprotobuf-dev, and libprotoc-dev. + + +Building from source +---------------------- + +- Build the GRPC core +E.g, from the root of the grpc [git repo](https://github.com/google/grpc) +``` +$ make shared_c static_c +``` + +- Use build_python.sh to build the Python code and install it into a virtual environment +``` +$ tools/run_tests/build_python.sh +``` + + +Testing +----------------------- + +- Use run_python.sh to run GRPC as it was installed into the virtual environment +``` +$ tools/run_tests/run_python.sh +``` |