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@@ -6,22 +6,18 @@ Package for GRPC Python.
Dependencies
------------
-Ensure that you have installed GRPC core.
-
-On debian linux systems, install from our released deb package:
+Ensure you have installed the gRPC core. On Mac OS X, install homebrew_. On Linux, install linuxbrew_.
+Run the following command to install gRPC Python.
::
- $ wget https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/download/release-0_5_0/libgrpc_0.5.0_amd64.deb
- $ wget https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/download/release-0_5_0/libgrpc-dev_0.5.0_amd64.deb
- $ sudo dpkg -i libgrpc_0.5.0_amd64.deb libgrpc-dev_0.5.0_amd64.deb
-
-Otherwise, install from source:
+ $ curl -fsSL https://goo.gl/getgrpc | bash -s python
-::
+This will download and run the [gRPC install script][] to install grpc core. The script then uses pip to install this package. It also installs the Protocol Buffers compiler (_protoc_) and the gRPC _protoc_ plugin for python.
- git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
- cd grpc
- ./configure
- make && make install
+Otherwise, `install from source`_
+.. _`install from source`: https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/src/python/README.md#building-from-source
+.. _homebrew: http://brew.sh
+.. _linuxbrew: https://github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew#installation
+.. _`gRPC install script`: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grpc/homebrew-grpc/master/scripts/install