view INSTALL @ 1596:b7ee113183fc

jp: better profile commands: - new "profile/default" command - info doesn't show password anymore by default, need to be explicitly requested - info and modify don't need to connect anymore - modify can now set default profile. As use_profile is set, at least a profile session need to be started when it would not be mandatory technicaly (if just setting the profile as default is needed). But this option should not be used often, and it's not a big side effect, so I don't feel the need to create a new dedicated command, or to do complicated checks to avoid the session start.
author Goffi <goffi@goffi.org>
date Sat, 14 Nov 2015 19:18:10 +0100
parents e2e75c3c7c7b
children 1128feb54180
line wrap: on
line source

You can install SàT automatically using easy_install or pip, and it is available in several GNU/Linux distributions. The full instructions are available on the wiki: http://wiki.goffi.org/wiki/Salut_%C3%A0_Toi
Below is are installation instructions, but please check the wiki which may be more up-to-date.

***

You can automatically install SàT and its dependencies using easy_install or pip. You will however need to install Python's headers (needed to build some packages), WxPython which is available in most Gnu/Linux distributions, PyGObject and developments version of libxml2 and libxslt (to compile lxml python library).

NOTE: pyfeed and xe are mandatory dependencies, they should be on http://pypi.python.org (PYthon Package Index, the official repository for Python projects) and so being automatically installed; but they are not yet there (their author should do it soon), so you have to install them manually until then.
You can download them respectively on http://home.avvanta.com/%7Esteveha/pyfeed-0.7.4.tar.gz and http://home.avvanta.com/%7Esteveha/xe-0.7.4.tar.gz, then decompress them and do « python setup.py install » on both.
An other way is to use the (insecure) pip options --process-dependency-links and --allow-all-external when installing sat, options which will soon be (or already are) removed from pip.


The environment variable SAT_INSTALL customises the installation, it contains flags separated by spaces:
	- "nopreinstall" skips all preinstallation checks
	- "autodeb" automatically installs missing packages on Debian-based distributions
	- "nox" disables installation of X-based packages (WxWidgets), this is useful for servers

WxPython and PyGobject are automatically installed on Debian-based distributions if "autodeb" option is set. Indeed, on Debian-based distribution, you can type (with the root account):

# apt-get install python-pip python-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev
# SAT_INSTALL=autodeb pip install .

On a *buntu, same commands with sudo:

$ sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev
$ sudo SAT_INSTALL=autodeb pip install .


After installing SàT, you need to install the media:

$ mkdir -p ~/sat/media/destination/path
$ cd ~/sat/media/destination/path
wget ftp://ftp.goffi.org/sat_media/sat_media.tar.bz2
tar -jxvf sat_media.tar.bz2

then, create a ~/.sat.conf file which contains:

### sat.conf ###
[DEFAULT]
media_dir=~/sat/media/destination/path
### end sat.conf ###

Of course, replace ~/sat/media/destination/path with the actual path you want to use.
Check the wiki for more information about this configuration file: http://wiki.goffi.org/wiki/Configuration/en

You should now be able to launch sat:
	- to launch the backend, enter
$ sat
	- to stop the backend, enter:
$ sat stop
	- to launch Primitivus, enter:
$ primitivus
	then create a profile.
	- to use jp, follow its help:
$ jp --help

For Libervia, the web interface, check http://wiki.goffi.org/wiki/Libervia/en

If you need help, come the SàT official XMPP room: sat@chat.jabberfr.org