#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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