@@ -96,10 +96,16 @@ in the name of the downloaded archive, e.g. :file:`foo-1.0.tar.gz` or
9696directory: :file: `foo-1.0 ` or :file: `widget-0.9.7 `. Additionally, the
9797distribution will contain a setup script :file: `setup.py `, and a file named
9898:file: `README.txt ` or possibly just :file: `README `, which should explain that
99- building and installing the module distribution is a simple matter of running ::
99+ building and installing the module distribution is a simple matter of running
100+ one command from a terminal::
100101
101102 python setup.py install
102103
104+ For Windows, this command should be run from a command prompt windows ("DOS
105+ box")::
106+
107+ setup.py install
108+
103109If all these things are true, then you already know how to build and install the
104110modules you've just downloaded: Run the command above. Unless you need to
105111install things in a non-standard way or customize the build process, you don't
@@ -113,14 +119,11 @@ Standard Build and Install
113119==========================
114120
115121As described in section :ref: `inst-new-standard `, building and installing a module
116- distribution using the Distutils is usually one simple command::
122+ distribution using the Distutils is usually one simple command to run from a
123+ terminal::
117124
118125 python setup.py install
119126
120- On Unix, you'd run this command from a shell prompt; on Windows, you have to
121- open a command prompt window ("DOS box") and do it there; on Mac OS X, you open
122- a :command: `Terminal ` window to get a shell prompt.
123-
124127
125128.. _inst-platform-variations :
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