SF.net SVN: matplotlib:[8751] trunk/matplotlib/doc

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Revision: 8751
          http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/?rev=8751&view=rev
Author:   jdh2358
Date:     2010-10-13 15:45:14 +0000 (Wed, 13 Oct 2010)

Log Message:
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add build_dep instructions to installing docs and faq

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/matplotlib/doc/faq/installing_faq.rst
    trunk/matplotlib/doc/users/installing.rst

Modified: trunk/matplotlib/doc/faq/installing_faq.rst
===================================================================
--- trunk/matplotlib/doc/faq/installing_faq.rst	2010-10-12 19:13:57 UTC (rev 8750)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/doc/faq/installing_faq.rst	2010-10-13 15:45:14 UTC (rev 8751)
@@ -106,6 +106,17 @@
   > cd matplotlib
   > python setup.py install
 
+.. note::
+
+    If you are on debian/ubuntu, you can get all the dependencies
+    required to build matplotlib with::
+
+      sudo apt-get build_dep python-matplotlib
+
+    This does not build matplotlib, but it does get the install the
+    build dependencies, which will make building from svn easy.
+
+
 If you want to be able to follow the development branch as it changes just replace
 the last step with (Make sure you have **setuptools** installed)::
 
@@ -116,9 +127,11 @@
 
   > svn update
 
-When you run `svn update`, if the output shows that only Python files have been updated, you are all set.
-If C files have changed, you need to run the `python setupegg develop` command again to compile them.
 
+When you run `svn update`, if the output shows that only Python files
+have been updated, you are all set.  If C files have changed, you need
+to run the `python setupegg develop` command again to compile them.
+
 There is more information on :ref:`using Subversion <using-svn>` in
 the developer docs.
 

Modified: trunk/matplotlib/doc/users/installing.rst
===================================================================
--- trunk/matplotlib/doc/users/installing.rst	2010-10-12 19:13:57 UTC (rev 8750)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/doc/users/installing.rst	2010-10-13 15:45:14 UTC (rev 8751)
@@ -131,6 +131,17 @@
 development packages (look for a "-dev" postfix) in addition to the
 libraries themselves.
 
+.. note::
+
+    If you are on debian/ubuntu, you can get all the dependencies
+    required to build matplotlib with::
+
+      sudo apt-get build_dep python-matplotlib
+
+    This does not build matplotlib, but it does get the install the
+    build dependencies, which will make building from svn easy.
+
+
 :term:`python` 2.4 (or later but not python3)
     matplotlib requires python 2.4 or later (`download <http://www.python.org/download/>`__)
 


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