From 8f8c52d8c496e0d0f917fd7575dc41dea88766b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Toby Harradine Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 21:54:14 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] [Docs] Add note about pyenv optimisation flag (#2428) Signed-off-by: Toby --- docs/install_linux_mac.rst | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/install_linux_mac.rst b/docs/install_linux_mac.rst index 057a8dc36..2dfc76849 100644 --- a/docs/install_linux_mac.rst +++ b/docs/install_linux_mac.rst @@ -152,7 +152,11 @@ Then run the following command: CONFIGURE_OPTS=--enable-optimizations pyenv install 3.7.2 -v -This may take a long time to complete. +This may take a long time to complete, depending on your hardware. For some machines (such as +Raspberry Pis and micro-tier VPSes), it may take over an hour; in this case, you may wish to remove +the ``CONFIGURE_OPTS=--enable-optimizations`` part from the front of the command, which will +drastically reduce the install time. However, be aware that this will make Python run about 10% +slower. After that is finished, run: