diff -r e3675644bbb6 -r 4a4cab75d5e6 INSTALL --- a/INSTALL Mon Nov 26 22:31:25 2007 -0500 +++ b/INSTALL Mon Nov 26 22:39:29 2007 -0500 @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ -x Installation Documentation -============================ +dtrx Installation Documentation +=============================== Requirements ------------ -To run x, you'll need Python_ 2.4 or greater. You can also use Python 2.3 -if you separately install the `subprocess module`_. +dtrx will work out of the box with Python_ 2.4 or greater. You can also +use Python 2.3 if you separately install the `subprocess module`_. .. _Python: http://www.python.org/ .. _`subprocess module`: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~astrand/popen5/ -x calls out to different external tools to support different archive types. -Most of these are already installed on most GNU/Linux systems, so you -probably won't have to worry about these too much, but just for +dtrx calls out to different external tools to support different archive +types. Most of these are already installed on most GNU/Linux systems, so +you probably won't have to worry about these too much, but just for completeness, the exact requirements for each format are as follows: tar archives @@ -30,18 +30,30 @@ deb archives ar, tar, zcat +gem archives + tar, zcat + +7z archives + 7z + +Microsoft Cabinet archives + cabextract + Files compressed with gzip or compress zcat Files compressed with bzip2 bzcat +Files compressed with lzma + lzcat + Installation ------------ -x is just a simple script, making it easy to stash wherever you need it. -Just copy ``scripts/x`` to a location that's convenient for you. If you'd -like to install the program system-wide, you can run the following as root -or equivalent:: +dtrx is just a simple script, making it easy to stash wherever you need it. +Just copy ``scripts/dtrx`` to a location that's convenient for you. If +you'd like to install the program system-wide, you can run the following as +root or equivalent:: python setup.py install