[tahoe-dev] [tahoe-lafs] #773: run through installation on Windows (was: run through installation on Windowshttp://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/snapshots/)

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#773: run through installation on Windows
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 Reporter:  zooko      |           Owner:  somebody
     Type:  task       |          Status:  new     
 Priority:  major      |       Milestone:  1.5.0   
Component:  packaging  |         Version:  1.4.1   
 Keywords:  win32      |   Launchpad_bug:          
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Comment(by swillden):

 And this works with 2.6:

 1. Install Windows XP, Service Pack 2 (other variations should work,
 untested)

 2. Download and install Python 2.6.2 from
 http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.2/python-2.6.2.msi

 3. Download and install pywin32 from
 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build%20214/pywin32-214.win32-py2.6.exe/download

 4. Download and install MinGW from
 http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Automated%20MinGW%20Installer/MinGW%205.1.4/MinGW-5.1.4.exe/download.
 The installer will prompt you for what components to install. You need the
 base components plus the C++ compiler

 5. Configure distutils to use MinGW. To configure distutils to use
 mingw32, create a file called "distutils.cfg" in
 C:\Python25\Libs\distutils, and put in that file:

 {{{
 [build]
 compiler=mingw32
 }}}

 6. Add the MinGW binary path to your Path variable. To do that, go to the
 control panel (classic view), double-click "System", click on the
 "Advanced" tab, click on the "Environment Variables" button, scroll down
 to the "Path" variable in the "System Variables" list, double-click it,
 and append ";C:\MinGW\bin" to the path. While you're at it, might as well
 append ";C:\Python25;C:\Python25\Scripts" also so that you don't have to
 type full paths to run python or installed python scripts.

 7. Download the latest Tahoe snapshot from
 http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/snapshots/. Unpack it. I put it in
 C:\tahoe

 8. Open a command prompt and cd to the top of the Tahoe tree (e.g. cd
 \tahoe).

 9. Run "python setup.py build". Wait a bit until it stops working. Note
 that you need a working network connection because it will download
 various dependencies.

 10. Run "python setup.py install". Wait a bit until it stops working.
 Again, you may need a working network connection.

 11. Run "tahoe create-client --basedir C:\tahoebase". You can pick a
 different base directory if you want.

 12. Run "notepad C:\tahoebase\tahoe.cfg" to edit your config file. Paste
 in your introducer FURL.

 13. Run "tahoe start --basedir C:\taboebase". Your node will start running
 and connect to the grid! The Windows firewall may ask whether or not to
 allow "python" to make network connections. Say yes.

 Actually, all of the MinGW steps (steps 4-6) could be omitted if win32
 eggs were available for all dependencies. I think zfec and pycryptopp
 being out of date are currently the only issues requiring installing a
 compiler.

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Ticket URL: <http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/ticket/773#comment:5>
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