Make installs easier on Windows

[Ed McDonagh]

• Document the process clearly
  • Installation of python
  • Add Python Scripts to the path
  • Installation of pip
  • Installation of virtualenv
  • Installation of OpenREM
  • Escaping '\' in file path for database
  • Path examples don't have python2.7 in them for Windows

[Ed McDonagh]

• If using virtualenv on Windows shebang is ignored:
  • Activate virtualenv
  • Don't just call script - call python and use relative path to script, ie
  • python path\to\Scripts\openrem_mg.py

Otherwise the .py extension means it will be run using the system wide C:\Python27 install and fail.

[Ed McDonagh]

virtualenv name must not end in openrem else the routine for adding openrem to the path will be satisfied and won't do the job.

[Ed McDonagh]

Merged in jacole/openrem-visualisation/doc (pull request #2)

Windows PostgreSQL install instructions - Refs #54.

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[Ed McDonagh]

One underline was too short in postgresql_windows, corrected. Added link from install docs. Refs #54.

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[Ed McDonagh]

Added author attribution, added new line to make bullet points work. Refs #54.

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[Ed McDonagh]

Trying to improve the documentation for installation on Windows and Linux - commit to see how tables work with the rtd stylesheet. Refs #54.

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[Ed McDonagh]

Added more to the table. Refs #54.

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[Ed McDonagh]

Removed table - long bullet points were not wrapping leading to a very very wide table that didn't work. Started to adde Linux and Windows specific elements to general instructions. Refs #54

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[Ed McDonagh]

Finished adding windows versions of everything in the (not so) quick install. Not improved by actual Windows install experience yet. Refs #54.

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[Ed McDonagh]

Various changes to install, starting to pull the quick setup and in depth into the same instructions. Refs #54.

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[Ed McDonagh]

Corrected title underlines and a spelling, turned file paths into code to avoid the backslash disappearing, added a few spaces to make an intended codeblock work, modified the microsoft link to make that work. Refs #80 and #54.

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[Ed McDonagh]

Added link for normal apache setup into the production webserver section of the install docs. Refs #80 and #54.

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[Ed McDonagh]

Merging Pull request #6 into develop. Fixes #80, refs #54.

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[Ed McDonagh]

Bumping this to 0.4.1

A lot of the changes have been made, but would be improved further by a test install on a virgin machine.

[Ed McDonagh]

Added note about adding python to the path during a Windows install. Refs #54.

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[Ed McDonagh]

Modified image of path option. Refs #54.

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[Ed McDonagh]

Added Windows specific pip command. Refs #54.

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[Ed McDonagh]

Attempting to improve the instructions for installing pip/setup-tools on Windows. Refs #54.

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[Ed McDonagh]

Added check after pip is installed to make sure it can be called directly. Removed python -m pip instruction for WIndows, as this isn't required if the scripts folder is on the path. Removed note about path for importing data for the same reason. Refs #54.

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[Ed McDonagh]

Test again for release of 0.5.1 with a view to closing this issue.

[Ed McDonagh]

Think we can mark this as done :)