From: Zooko O'Whielacronx Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:32:54 +0000 (-0700) Subject: README: explain the new packaging system X-Git-Tag: allmydata-tahoe-0.6.0~50 X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/components/%22news.html/...?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4ccad6adad6c595eca1b008469ef90c60938e999;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git README: explain the new packaging system Happily, the README is now shorter and simpler. --- diff --git a/README b/README index dc1c8bb2..e54520f9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -28,37 +28,23 @@ LICENCE: period clause. See the COPYING file for details. -GETTING PRECOMPILED BINARIES: +GETTING PRECOMPILED BINARIES FOR DEBIAN-LIKE SYSTEMS: -See http://allmydata.org . Currently pre-compiled binaries are available -only for Debian or Ubuntu. For any other platform you have to build it -yourself from source, which is what this text file is all about. +Pre-compiled binaries are available for Debian or Ubuntu. Please see the +following web page for instructions: - -GETTING THE SOURCE CODE: - -The code is available via darcs by running the following command: - -darcs get http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk tahoe - -This will create a directory named "tahoe" in the current working directory -and put a copy of the latest source code into it. Later, if you want to get -any new changes, then cd into that directory and run the command "darcs -pull". - -Tarballs of sources are available at: - -http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/ +http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/DownloadDebianPackages DEPENDENCIES: +If you aren't getting a pre-compiled binary, then you'll have to ensure that +the following packages are installed before you install Tahoe. + Note: All of the following dependencies can probably be installed through your standard package management tool if you are running on a modern Unix -operating system. - -For example, on an debian-like system, you can do "sudo apt-get install -gcc make python-dev python-twisted python-nevow python-pyopenssl". +operating system. For example, on an debian-like system, you can do "sudo +apt-get install gcc make python-dev python-twisted python-pyopenssl". + a C compiler (language) @@ -84,12 +70,19 @@ gcc make python-dev python-twisted python-nevow python-pyopenssl". Twisted distribution. Note that Twisted does *not* require the entire Zope distribution, merely the much smaller zope.interface component. - + Python Nevow (0.6.0 or later) (web presentation language) + + Python PyOpenSSL (0.6 or later) (secure transport layer) - http://divmod.org/trac/wiki/DivmodNevow + http://pyopenssl.sourceforge.net - Note that the current version of Nevow (0.9.18) requires Twisted 2.4.0 or - later. + To install PyOpenSSL on Windows-native, download this: + http://allmydata.org/source/pyOpenSSL-0.6.win32-py2.5.exe + + To install PyOpenSSL on Windows-cygwin, install the OpenSSL development + libraries with the cygwin package management tool, then get the pyOpenSSL + source code, cd into it, and run "python ./setup.py install". + +In addition, the following Python packages are required, but they will +normally be automatically installed as a side effect of installing Tahoe. + Python setuptools (build and distribution tool) @@ -98,50 +91,79 @@ gcc make python-dev python-twisted python-nevow python-pyopenssl". setuptools is present (< v0.6c6 on Cygwin, or < v0.6a9 on other platforms), then the build will fail. - So if the build fails due to setuptools not being compatible, you can - either upgrade or uninstall your version of setuptools and try again. + So if the build fails due to your current version of setuptools being + incompatible, you can either upgrade or uninstall your version of + setuptools and try again. http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#installation-instructions - + Python PyOpenSSL (0.6 or later) (secure transport layer) + + zfec (erasure coding library) - http://pyopenssl.sourceforge.net + http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/zfec - To install PyOpenSSL on Windows-native, download this: - http://allmydata.org/source/pyOpenSSL-0.6.win32-py2.5.exe + zfec is packaged in a setuptools-compatible way and included in the Python + Package Index (PyPI), so it will be automatically installed when you + install Tahoe (see INSTALLING). - To install PyOpenSSL on Windows-cygwin, install the OpenSSL development - libraries with the cygwin package management tool, then get the pyOpenSSL - source code, cd into it, and run "python ./setup.py install". + + Python foolscap (secure remote object library) + + http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/foolscap + + foolscape is packaged in a setuptools-compatible way and included in the + Python Package Index (PyPI), so it will be automatically installed when + you install Tahoe (see INSTALLING). + + + Python simplejson (JSON parser) - + the pywin32 package: only required on Windows + http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/simplejson + + simplejson is packaged in a setuptools-compatible way and included in the + Python Package Index (PyPI), so it will be automatically installed when + you install Tahoe (see INSTALLING). + + + Python Nevow (0.6.0 or later) (web presentation language) + + http://divmod.org/trac/wiki/DivmodNevow + + Note that the current version of Nevow (0.9.18) requires Twisted 2.4.0 or + later. + + Nevow is packaged in a setuptools-compatible way and included in the + Python Package Index (PyPI), so it will be automatically installed when + you install Tahoe (see INSTALLING). + + + the pywin32 package: required only on Windows http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ (Tested with build 210, and known to not work with build 204. - Feedback with details of other builds is greatly appreciated) + Feedback with details of other builds is greatly appreciated.) + + pywin32 is packaged in a setuptools-compatible way and included in the + Python Package Index (PyPI), so it will be automatically installed when + you install Tahoe (see INSTALLING). + +GETTING THE SOURCE CODE: -BUILDING: +The code is available via darcs by running the following command: - Just type 'make' in the top-level tahoe directory. This works on Windows - too, provided that you have the dependencies mentioned above. (Either a - normal cygwin build or a mingw-style native build will be done by the - makefile, depending on whether the version of python that you have installed - is the Windows-native python or the cygwin python.) +darcs get http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk tahoe - If the desired version of 'python' is not already on your PATH, then type - 'make PYTHON=/path/to/your/preferred/python'. +This will create a directory named "tahoe" in the current working directory +and put a copy of the latest source code into it. Later, if you want to get +any new changes, then cd into that directory and run the command "darcs +pull". - 'make test' runs the unit test suites. (This can take a long time on - slow computers. There are a lot of tests and some of them do a lot of - public-key cryptography.) +Tarballs of sources are available at: + +http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/ INSTALLING: -There are three ways to do it: The Debian Way, The Python Way, and The -Running-In-Place Way. Choose one: +There are four ways to do it: The Debian Way, The Setuptools Way, The +easy_install Way, and The Running-In-Place Way. Choose one: The Debian Way: @@ -163,13 +185,12 @@ Running-In-Place Way. Choose one: The Setuptools Way: Just run 'python setup.py install'. This will compile and install the Tahoe - code to a system-specific standard location (somewhere inside /usr/lib/ on - unix). It will also acquire and install many of the necessary dependencies - in the same place. (The dependency-checking can handle foolscap, nevow, and - zfec, but you are still responsible for ensuring that twisted and pyopenssl - are installed). + code to the standard location for your operating system (on unix, that is + somewhere inside /usr/lib/). It will also acquire and install the + easy_install-able dependencies (zfec, foolscap, simplejson, nevow, and if + on Windows pywin32) to the same place. - To install it to a non-standard location, learn about the + To install it to a non-standard location, learn about setuptools's "--single-version-externally-managed" flag, and visit http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Installing . @@ -180,7 +201,9 @@ Running-In-Place Way. Choose one: 'easy_install allmydata-tahoe' from any shell. That will download the most recent Tahoe source tarball, unpack it in a temporary directory, install it to the standard location, then download and install any easy_install-able - dependencies (like zfec and foolscap) that you need. + dependencies that you need (zfec, foolscap, simplejson, nevow, and if on + Windows pywin32). (This will work only if you already have the other -- + non-easy_install-able -- dependencies.) The Running-In-Place Way: @@ -189,23 +212,18 @@ Running-In-Place Way. Choose one: an Tahoe source distribution, it adds the necessary directory to the Python "sys.path".) + If you do not already have installed the easy_install-able dependencies + (zfec, foolscap, simplejson, nevow, and if on Windows pywin32) then you can + install them into a local subdirectory of the Tahoe source distribution by + executing "make build-deps". (The allmydata-tahoe script will discover them + and add them to the "sys.path".) + TESTING THAT IT IS PROPERLY INSTALLED - To test that all the modules got installed properly, cd to the root - directory of the tahoe source distribution (the directory which contains - this README file), start a python interpreter and import modules as follows. - If each one imports successfully instead of raising ImportError then it is - correctly installed. - - % python - Python 2.4.4 (#2, Jan 13 2007, 17:50:26) - [GCC 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)] on linux2 - Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. - >>> import zfec - >>> import allmydata.Crypto - >>> import foolscap - >>> import allmydata.interfaces + 'make test' runs the unit test suites. (This can take a long time on + slow computers. There are a lot of tests and some of them do a lot of + public-key cryptography.) RUNNING: