installation.md

@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ glance is available as `glance/anaconda/bin/glance`
 Minimal Development Install for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions
 ====================================================================
 
-(Verified on 2022-09-29 by Alan De Smet on the ubuntu:22.04 docker image, using the optional "Using distribution provided dependencies" step)
+(Verified on 2025-02-03 by Alan De Smet on Ubuntu 24.04)
 
-You will need:
+You will need these packages:
 
 - git
 - python3
@@ -97,23 +97,13 @@ On Debian or Ubuntu, this might do the job if you have sudo access:
 sudo apt install git python3 python3-venv build-essential python3-dev cmake
 ```
 
-For other distributions you'll need to adjust package installation to your system.
-
-<details>
-<summary>Click here for using distribution provided dependencies on Debian/Ubuntu with sudo/root</summary>
-
-You can install most or all of the dependencies using the Debian or Ubuntu distribution repositories using the following command. If you install them all, the `pip install` commands later should do nothing.
+The following packages aren't necessary, but if installed they'll be used instead of copies installed later by pip.
 
 ```
-sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y build-essential python3-numpy python3-matplotlib python3-mako python3-mock python3-scipy python3-pil python3-cartopy python3-pil python3-netcdf4 python3-h5py libgeos-dev python3-venv python3.10-venv python3-setuptools-whl python3-pip-whl
+sudo apt-get install -y build-essential python3-numpy python3-matplotlib python3-mako python3-mock python3-scipy python3-pil python3-cartopy python3-pil python3-netcdf4 python3-h5py libgeos-dev python3-pyqt5
 ```
 
-If you want the GUI, add python3-pyqt5:
 
-```
-sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python3-pyqt5
-```
-</details>
 
 If you want to force a local install, perhaps for testing, omit `--system-site-packages`. Run these as your normal user:
 
@@ -126,10 +116,9 @@ python3 -mvenv --system-site-packages venv
 # modules are present on the system already
 pip install numpy matplotlib mako mock scipy pillow cartopy netcdf4 h5py
 pip install pyqt5 # Only needed for glance gui
-cd pyglance
-python3 setup.py develop
+pip install --editable .
 deactivate
-cd ../..
+cd ..
 ```
 
 At this point glance can be run as `glance/venv/bin/glance`