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authorThomas Waldmann <tw@waldmann-edv.de>2015-07-26 14:47:18 +0200
committerThomas Waldmann <tw@waldmann-edv.de>2015-07-26 14:47:18 +0200
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docs: add note about how to run borg from virtual env
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Virtualenv_ can be used to build and install |project_name| without affecting
the system Python or requiring root access.
+Important:
+if you install into a virtual environment, you need to activate
+the virtual env first (``source borg-env/bin/activate``).
+Alternatively, directly run ``borg-env/bin/borg`` (or symlink that into some
+directory that is in your PATH so you can just run ``borg``).
+
The llfuse_ python package is also required if you wish to mount an
archive as a FUSE filesystem. Only FUSE >= 2.8.0 can support llfuse.