Merge pull request #41 from psytester/patch-1

pip3 installation preferred as apt is not longer supported
piface · Dec 23, 2020 · a4d2413 · a4d2413
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -20,9 +20,14 @@ Make sure you are using the lastest version of Raspbian:
     $ sudo apt-get update
     $ sudo apt-get upgrade
 
-Install `pifacedigitalio` (for Python 3 and 2) with the following command:
+Install `pifacedigitalio` with the following command:
 
-    $ sudo apt-get install python{,3}-pifacedigitalio
+    Python 3:
+    $ sudo pip3 install pifacedigitalio
+
+    Notice 1: Installation from Raspbian repository with apt is not longer the preferred way, take a look into [https://github.com/piface/pifacecommon/issues/27#issuecomment-451400154](issue 27)
+
+    Notice 2: Python 2 support is "end-of-life" since Jan 2020, refer to https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/
 
 Test by running the `blink.py` program:
 

diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@ Make sure you are using the lastest version of Raspbian::
     $ sudo apt-get update
     $ sudo apt-get upgrade
 
-Install ``pifacedigitalio`` (for Python 3 and 2) with the following command::
+Install ``pifacedigitalio`` with the following command:
 
-    $ sudo apt-get install python{,3}-pifacedigitalio
+    Python 3:
+    $ sudo pip3 install pifacedigitalio
+
+    Notice 1: Installation from Raspbian repository with apt is not longer the preferred way, take a look into `pifacecommon issue #27 <https://github.com/piface/pifacecommon/issues/27#issuecomment-451400154/>`_
+
+    Notice 2: Python 2 support is "end-of-life" since Jan 2020, refer to https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/
 
 Test by running the ``blink.py`` program::