From 3cf2b02c613a29e5151db5298b221d0d1e66f47b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ernest Prabhakar <ernest@quiltdata.io>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 22:02:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] remove Python from README

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 README.md | 26 --------------------------
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@@ -15,25 +15,6 @@ to read and write versioned Quilt packages stored on Amazon S3.
 
 Use the following four steps to configure NextFlow Tower or your command-line environment.
 
-1. Install the `quilt3` command-line tool
-
-This is distributed as an open source Python package you can install using `pip3`,
-and must be available in the PATH used by `nextflow`.
-
-```bash
-yum install python3-pip -y
-yum install git -y        
-pip3 install quilt3
-which quilt3
-```
-
-The above instructions use the 'yum' package manager,
-which NextFlow Tower uses in the "Pre-run script"
-when you edit the Pipeline settings from the Launchpad.
-
-If you are running from the command-line, you may need to use your own package manager
-(or just skip those lines if you already have Python and Git).
-
 1. Enable the `nf-quilt` plugin
 
 The usual way to enable a plugin is to add the following to your `nextflow.config` file,
@@ -183,13 +164,6 @@ git clone https://github.com/quiltdata/nf-quilt.git
 cd ./nf-quilt
 ```
 
-You also need to use Python to install the `quilt3` command-line tool used by `nf-quilt`:
-
-```bash
-pip install quilt3
-which quilt3
-```
-
 ### Unit Testing
 
 You can compile run unit tests with: