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new 2360cb92e7 GH-32483: [Docs][Python] Clarify you need to use
conda-forge for installing nightly conda package (#37948)
2360cb92e7 is described below
commit 2360cb92e71c88a66a2808c7b4cc50dc6660cb10
Author: Joris Van den Bossche <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Oct 5 13:56:15 2023 +0200
GH-32483: [Docs][Python] Clarify you need to use conda-forge for installing
nightly conda package (#37948)
### Rationale for this change
Our nightly packages don't work with the defaults channel from Anaconda.
* Closes: #32483
Authored-by: Joris Van den Bossche <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Joris Van den Bossche <[email protected]>
---
docs/source/developers/python.rst | 3 +++
docs/source/python/install.rst | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/source/developers/python.rst
b/docs/source/developers/python.rst
index 23bbb835a3..e4699a65e2 100644
--- a/docs/source/developers/python.rst
+++ b/docs/source/developers/python.rst
@@ -717,6 +717,9 @@ Install the development version of PyArrow from
`arrow-nightlies
conda install -c arrow-nightlies pyarrow
+Note that this requires to use the ``conda-forge`` channel for all other
+packages (``conda config --add channels conda-forge``).
+
Install the development version from an `alternative PyPI
<https://gemfury.com/arrow-nightlies>`_ index:
diff --git a/docs/source/python/install.rst b/docs/source/python/install.rst
index ef4353415f..99d1c43b02 100644
--- a/docs/source/python/install.rst
+++ b/docs/source/python/install.rst
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ need to install the `Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual
Studio 2015
.. warning::
On Linux, you will need pip >= 19.0 to detect the prebuilt binary packages.
-Installing from source
-----------------------
+Installing nightly packages or from source
+------------------------------------------
See :ref:`python-development`.
