From 08cfc7cb4bd10ce8c263473f538d10eac412b9fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Icey <1790571317@qq.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:37:50 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Modify installation.md for adding pip extra index of
 torch-npu (#1272)

### What this PR does / why we need it?
Modify installation.md for adding pip extra index of torch-npu

### How was this patch tested?
No need

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Signed-off-by: Icey <1790571317@qq.com>
---
 docs/source/installation.md | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/source/installation.md b/docs/source/installation.md
index 4d49fa1..bcee060 100644
--- a/docs/source/installation.md
+++ b/docs/source/installation.md
@@ -123,10 +123,15 @@ apt update  -y
 apt install -y gcc g++ cmake libnuma-dev wget git
 ```
 
-**[Optional]** Config the extra-index of `pip` if you are working on a **x86** machine, so that the torch with cpu could be found:
+**[Optional]** Then config the extra-index of `pip` if you are working on a x86 machine or using torch-npu dev version:
 
 ```bash
+# For x86 machine
 pip config set global.extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/
+# For torch-npu dev version
+pip config set global.extra-index-url https://mirrors.huaweicloud.com/ascend/repos/pypi
+# For x86 torch-npu dev version
+pip config set global.extra-index-url "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/ https://mirrors.huaweicloud.com/ascend/repos/pypi"
 ```
 
 Then you can install `vllm` and `vllm-ascend` from **pre-built wheel**:
@@ -156,7 +161,6 @@ cd ..
 # Install vLLM Ascend
 git clone  --depth 1 --branch |vllm_ascend_version| https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-ascend.git
 cd vllm-ascend
-export PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL=https://mirrors.huaweicloud.com/ascend/repos/pypi
 pip install -v -e .
 cd ..
 ```