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Improve install docs by mentioning how to actually download rez #1660

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15 changes: 10 additions & 5 deletions docs/source/installation.rst
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Installation Script
===================

.. warning::
The install script only supports Python 3.7+.
To install rez, you will need:

1. Python 3.7 or above. We support 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11.
The python interpreter you use to run the install script will be the interpreter
used by rez itself.
2. The source code. You can get it by either cloning the `repository <https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez>`_
with git or downloading it from the `latest release <https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/releases/latest>`_.
If you download rez from the release page on GitHub, don't forget to unpack the downloaded archive.

To install rez, download the source. Then from the root directory, run::
Then from the root directory, run::

]$ python ./install.py

This installs rez to ``/opt/rez``. See ```install.py -h``` for how to install to a
different location.
This installs rez to ``/opt/rez``. Use ``install.py -h`` to see the different install options.

Once the installation is complete, a message tells you how to run it::

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