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doc: modifying PATH is not needed anymore on Windows, .pth files are not created either

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@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ be installed for each Python version that you want to use Kivy.
.. _install-win-dist:
.. |nowinfound| replace:: issues
.. _nowinfound: https://github.com/kivy/kivy/issues/3957
Installation
------------
@ -49,10 +46,6 @@ install.
python -m pip install kivy
#. Add deps to ``PATH`` to avoid |nowinfound|_ (run in `python.exe` folder)::
set PATH=%PATH%;%cd%\share\sdl2\bin;%cd%\share\glew\bin
That's it. You should now be able to ``import kivy`` in python or run a basic
example::
@ -279,10 +272,6 @@ Compile Kivy
python -m pip install kivy\.
#. Set correct paths for binaries::
set PATH=%PATH%;%cd%\share\sdl2\bin;%cd%\share\glew\bin
If the compilation succeeds without any error, Kivy should be good to go. You
can test it with running a basic example::
@ -314,20 +303,20 @@ favorite location, do the following:
``your-path\kivy\deps`` where ``your-path`` is the path where your kivy is
located.
#. Remove the ``python\Lib\site-packages\kivy`` directory altogether.
#. From ``python\Lib\site-packages`` move **all** the ``kivy.deps.*.pth``
files and **all** ``kivy.deps.*.dist-info`` directories to ``your-path``
right next to ``kivy``.
#. From ``python\Lib\site-packages`` move **all** ``kivy.deps.*.dist-info``
directories to ``your-path`` right next to ``kivy``.
Now you can safely compile kivy in its current location with one of these
commands::
> make
> mingw32-make
> python -m pip install -e location
> python -m pip install -e .
> python setup.py build_ext --inplace
**If kivy fails to be imported,** you probably didn't delete all the *.pth
files and and the kivy or kivy.deps* folders from site-packages.
**If kivy fails to be imported,** you probably didn't delete all the
``*.dist-info`` folders and and the kivy or ``kivy.deps*`` folders from
site-packages.
Making Python available anywhere
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