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