At this time, precompiled packages are available only for Debian-like
systems, using recent releases of Debian or Ubuntu.

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.)

{{{
deb http://allmydata.org/debian/  DIST  main tahoe
deb-src http://allmydata.org/debian/  DIST  main tahoe
}}}

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
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.

After installing see the [http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/README the
README file] for how to use it.

There are no pre-built packages available for dapper or sarge, as these
releases are too old to provide the necessary support packages
(python-central, setuptools, etc). You can probably still install from source
on these releases, however.

== Problems ==

=== Edgy ===

While the tahoe package on edgy will install, it appears that the version of
Nevow (0.7.0) which shipped with edgy is broken (ubuntu bug
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nevow/+bug/61423 #61423]),
preventing the tahoe node's webserver from running. The symptom is an
exception at node startup that looks like this:

{{{
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/formless/annotate.py", line 17, in ?
     from nevow.compy import Interface, MetaInterface
exceptions.ImportError: cannot import name MetaInterface
}}}

We do not yet know of a solid workaround for this. One suggestion is to
comment out the "from allmydata.webish import WebishServer" line from
allmydata/client.py and not use the 'webport' feature. Another is to modify
formless/annotate.py and try to fix that import problem. A third is to find a
backport of a newer version of nevow.