Merge pull request grpc#5791 from sreecha/grpc_fixit

DocFixit: Python README
tahirramzan · Mar 17, 2016 · 921f4b0 · 921f4b0
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diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ gRPC C Core library.
  $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
  $ cd grpc
  $ git submodule update --init
- $ make 
+ $ make
  $ [sudo] make install
 ```
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/README.rst b/src/python/grpcio/README.rst
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ package named :code:`python-dev`).
 
 ::
 
-  $ export REPO_ROOT=grpc
+  $ export REPO_ROOT=grpc  # REPO_ROOT can be any directory of your choice
   $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git $REPO_ROOT
   $ cd $REPO_ROOT
-  $ pip install .
 
-Note that :code:`$REPO_ROOT` can be assigned to whatever directory name floats
-your fancy.
+  # For the next two commands do `sudo pip install` if you get permission-denied errors
+  $ pip install -rrequirements.txt
+  $ GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_WITH_CYTHON=1 pip install .
+
 
 Troubleshooting
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