Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of DownloadDebianPackages

Timestamp:

2008-06-17T19:59:37Z (16 years ago)

Author:

warner

Comment:

add information about building on debian

DownloadDebianPackages

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-At this time, precompiled packages are available for Debian-like
-systems, using recent releases of Debian or Ubuntu.
+Precompiled Tahoe packages are available for Debian-like systems, using
+recent releases of Debian or Ubuntu. There are also precompiled packages for
+several of the necessary support libraries which are not already in the
+debian distribution:
 
-To install debian packages for edgy, feisty, or etch from our [http://allmydata.org/debian/ APT repository],
-add the following lines to
-your {{{/etc/apt/sources.list}}}, replacing the word {{{$DIST}}} with
-{{{edgy}}}, {{{feisty}}}, or {{{etch}}} as appropriate.  (If you are running 
-Debian lenny, use the {{{etch}}} packages.)
+ * debian "etch": Tahoe and support libraries
+ * debian "lenny" (not yet released): use "etch"
+ * debian "sid": support libaries only, use "etch" for the Tahoe package
+
+ * ubuntu "dapper": not supported since tahoe-0.4.0 (July 2007)
+ * ubuntu "edgy": Tahoe and support libraries
+ * ubuntu "feisty": Tahoe and support libraries
+ * ubuntu "gutsy": Tahoe and support libraries
+ * ubuntu "hardy": coming soon
+
+allmydata.org hosts an APT repository at http://allmydata.org/debian/ . To
+install packages from this repository, add the following lines to your
+{{{/etc/apt/sources.list}}}, replacing the word {{{$DIST}}} with one of
+{{{etch}}}, {{{sid}}}, {{{edgy}}}, {{{feisty}}}, or {{{gutsy}}} as
+appropriate.
 
 {{{
@@ -13 +25 @@
 }}}
 
+
 Then update and install the {{{allmydata-tahoe}}} package. apt-get will
-automatically acquire a {{{foolscap}}} .deb package from the same location in
-order to satisfy its dependencies. These packages are generated each time the
+automatically acquire other dependency packages from the same repository
+(including {{{foolscap}}}, {{{zfec}}}, {{{pycryptopp}}}, and others. The
+"tahoe" section contains the Tahoe debian packages, while the "main" section
+contains the support libraries.
+
+Note that these {{{allmydata-tahoe}}} packages are generated each time the
 code is changed, and represent the most up-to-date (read "unstable") version
 available. The usual warnings about no guarantees apply: it might cause your
 computer to catch fire, might steal your dog, etc.
+
+In the future, we will add a section to the repository that only contains
+released versions of Tahoe, probably called "tahoe-releases". The packages in
+this section should be more stable than the bleeding-edge packages in the
+"tahoe" section.
 
 After installing see the [http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/running.html docs/running.html] for how to use it.
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 backport of a newer version of nevow.
 
+=== Sid ===
+
+The combination of Twisted-8.x and pyopenssl-0.7 triggers a bug (#402) that
+causes many unit tests to fail. This bug does not appear to impact actual
+operations. The current workaround is to downgrade to pyopenssl-0.6 or
+refrain from running unit tests.
+
+== Building From Source On Debian Systems ==
+
+Many of Tahoe's build dependencies can be satisfied by first installing
+certain debian packages: simplejson is one of these. Some debian/ubuntu
+platforms do not provide the necessary .egg-info metadata with their
+packages, so the Tahoe build process may not believe they are present. Some
+Tahoe dependencies are not present in most debian systems (such as foolscap
+and zfec): debs for these are made available in the APT repository described
+above.
+
+The Tahoe build process will acquire (via setuptools) most of the libraries
+that it needs to run and which are not already present in the build
+environment).
+
+== Building a Debian Package ==
+
+Please see source:docs/debian.txt for details about building your own debian
+packages from a Tahoe source tree.