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Make it explicit to install distro to get auto-instrumentation working (#588)
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This package provides a couple of commands that help automatically instruments a program:
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.. note::
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You need to install a distro package to get auto instrumentation working. The ``opentelemetry-distro``
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package contains the default distro and automatically configures some of the common options for users.
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For more info about ``opentelemetry-distro`` check `here <https://opentelemetry-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples/distro/README.html>`__
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pip install opentelemetry-distro[otlp]
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