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. If you are running any modern Linux or *BSD distribution
- then you can almost certainly get them through your standard package
- manager. If you are running Mac OS X then the "fink" package management
- tool does not have most of these packages, but the "darwinports" package
- management tool appears to have them. If you are running on Windows then
- I'm afraid you'll have to install them by hand (although the "cygwin"
- package management tool does have some of them). If you are running on
- Solaris, I would like to hear from you -- I have no idea how it is done on
- Solaris nowadays.
+ then you can get them through your standard package manager. If you are
+ running Mac OS X then be warned that the "fink" package management tool does
+ not have most of these packages, but the "darwinports" package management
+ tool appears to have them. If you are running on Windows then I'm afraid
+ you'll have to install them by hand (although the "cygwin" package
+ management tool does have some of them). If you are running on Solaris,
+ I would like to hear from you -- I have no idea how it is done on Solaris
+ nowadays.
* a C compiler (language)
Note: the build process will automatically download and install setuptools
if it is not present. However, if an old, incompatible version of
setuptools (< v0.6c3) is present then the build will fail. Therefore, if
- the build fails due to setuptools not being compatible, then either
- upgrade or uninstall your version of setuptools and then try again.
+ the build fails due to setuptools not being compatible, you can either
+ upgrade or uninstall your version of setuptools and try again.
* Python PyOpenSSL (0.6 or later) (secure transport layer)