Install without Docker in VSCode

[davidagross]

Greetings!

First of all, thank you for making this project: it's still quite relevant and effective.

I had an experience that may indicate a useful change to the README.

It appears that SetupTools has changed enough that, at least in contemporary VSCode installs, users will get a

SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated. Use build and pip and other standards-based tools. - StackExchange

exception when following the current w/o Docker installation instructions.

While not in the top two answers, this one recommending

# Source - https://stackoverflow.com/a/76445408
# Posted by Real Uniquee
# Retrieved 2025-12-02, License - CC BY-SA 4.0

pip install .

as an alternative (if the error shows up on newer versions of setuptools) worked perfectly for me, and I wanted to offer here that small adjustment to boost someone with the same issues as me.

Thanks, and all the best!

Sincerely,

David