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Adds help for installing prerequisites on RHEL

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Certain prerequisites are not found by yum by default on RHEL. The yum
command specified in the RHEL instructions for installing prerequisites
fails to install python-pip and git-review. Adding a sentence directing
readers to use the EPEL software repository which has the missing
packages.

Closes-Bug: 1392355
Change-Id: Ibcbe9ff9e5d8eeb9f2511915d67dc53ac1dc1b63
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Sergey Lupersolsky 2014-11-13 11:11:39 -08:00 committed by Sergey Lupersolsky
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@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ Install prerequisites::
sudo easy_install nose sudo easy_install nose
sudo pip install virtualenv setuptools-git flake8 tox testrepository sudo pip install virtualenv setuptools-git flake8 tox testrepository
If using RHEL and yum reports “No package python-pip available” and “No
package git-review available”, use the EPEL software repository. Instructions
can be found at `<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#howtouse>`_.
You may need to explicitly upgrade virtualenv if you've installed the one You may need to explicitly upgrade virtualenv if you've installed the one
from your OS distribution and it is too old (tox will complain). You can from your OS distribution and it is too old (tox will complain). You can
upgrade it individually, if you need to:: upgrade it individually, if you need to::