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clarify preconditions for using tests.
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for PostgreSQL you want to call the ``createuser`` command with the
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``-d`` option to allow database creation.
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Once you've unpacked roundup's source, if you have pytest installed,
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run ``python -m pytest test`` in the source directory and make sure
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there are no errors. If there are errors, please let us know!
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This can only be done if you downloaded and unpacked the source
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distrbution. It will not work if you used `pip install` as the test
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suite is not installed. Once you've unpacked roundup's source, if you
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have pytest installed, run ``python -m pytest test`` in the source
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directory and make sure there are no errors. If there are errors,
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please let us know!
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.. _`user guide`: user_guide.html
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.. _`roundup specification`: spec.html

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