diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst index 92aa9e9..b927cc2 100644 --- a/docs/installation.rst +++ b/docs/installation.rst @@ -59,21 +59,25 @@ pipx: The clean, easy way ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ pipx_ is a new package manager for Python-based software that automatically -sets up a virtual environment for each program you install. Assuming you have -it installed on your operating system, you can do:: +sets up a virtual environment for each program it installs. Please note that +installing via pipx will not include manual pages nor systemd services. + +pipx will install vdirsyncer into ``~/.local/pipx/venvs/vdirsyncer`` + +Assuming that pipx is installed, vdirsyncer can be installed with:: pipx install vdirsyncer -and ``~/.local/pipx/venvs/vdirsyncer`` will be your new vdirsyncer installation. To -update vdirsyncer to the latest version:: +It can later be updated to the latest version with:: pipx upgrade vdirsyncer -If you're done with vdirsyncer, you can do:: +And can be uninstalled with:: pipx uninstall vdirsyncer -and vdirsyncer will be uninstalled, including its dependencies. +This last command will remove vdirsyncer and any dependencies installed into +the above location. .. _pipx: https://github.com/pipxproject/pipx