From 5e7e459592ce64c1670477ef523875880d2030ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Siva Mahadevan Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 12:23:11 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add info about installing notmuch with homebrew --- README.rst | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 96b1d10..5291fba 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -61,10 +61,14 @@ Features Installation ------------ -Make sure you have already installed your distributions `notmuch` +Make sure you have already installed your distribution's `notmuch` package, and the notmuch python bindings, which might come in separate `python-notmuch` and `python3-notmuch` packages. +Note: if you are installing `notmuch` using Homebrew on macOS, make sure +to run ``$ brew install --with-python3 notmuch``, because the brew formula +doesn't install python3 notmuch bindings by default. + It is recommended to install `afew` itself inside a virtualenv as an unprivileged user, either via checking out the source code and installing via setup.py, or via pip.