Hello Matthew, > That downloaded several "eggs" (not familiar with Python) but seemed to fail > with the error "Unable to find vcvarsall.bat".
I think this error occur because python is looking for a C-Compiller. Take a look on this page: http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/AdvancedInstall Follow the instruction on the section: "What if that doesn't work?" If you have python 2.6 , you can just follow point 1 to 3 I hope this help. Fred 2010/4/26 Matthew Reinbold <matthew.reinb...@voxpopdesign.com>: > Hello all, > > First time poster. I came upon the Tahoe project a couple of weeks ago and > thought it would be an ideal fit for sharing sensitive documents via the > distributed company I run. However, I having difficulty trying to get up and > running. > > I'm on Windows XP and am current with all updates. I followed the setup > instructions for Windows found here (however, I used the latest versions for > all available items rather than the specific version numbers): > http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe-lafs/trunk/docs/quickstart.html > > After downloading and unzipping all items I attempted to run: > python setup.py build > > That downloaded several "eggs" (not familiar with Python) but seemed to fail > with the error "Unable to find vcvarsall.bat". > > Searching Google I first found this page: > http://allmydata.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2009-October/003044.html > > Downloading the specific versions referenced there continued to fail. > Further Googling turned up detailed, expanded number of configuration > details: > http://www.mail-archive.com/tahoe-dev@allmydata.org/msg01587.html > > Following that, however, I seemed to have regressed. The error I now get: > > > C:\tahoe>python setup.py build > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "setup.py", line 384, in <module> > **setup_args > File "C:\Python2-6-2\lib\distutils\core.py", line 126, in setup > dist.parse_config_files() > File "C:\Python2-6-2\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 374, in > parse_config_files > parser.read(filename) > File "C:\Python2-6-2\lib\ConfigParser.py", line 286, in read > self._read(fp, filename) > File "C:\Python2-6-2\lib\ConfigParser.py", line 482, in _read > raise MissingSectionHeaderError(fpname, lineno, line) > ConfigParser.MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers. > file: C:\Python2-6-2\lib\distutils\distutils.cfg, line: 1 > '{{{\n' > > Did I do something wrong to copy and paste the contents of the distutils.cfg > shown on that final web page? The page is from last summer - is there an > easy way of getting Tahoe running on a Windows machine? > > One of the biggest needs is to have the install process as simple as > possible if I am going to get the principals on board to using Tahoe. If > installation on a Linux based system that much easier would it make sense to > create a VM with Tahoe already installed and just have them run that image > on their machine in something like Virtual Box? > > Matthew Reinbold > Creative Principal, Vox Pop Design, http://voxpopdesign.com > > On 4/24/2010 1:00 PM, tahoe-dev-requ...@allmydata.org wrote: > > Send tahoe-dev mailing list submissions to > tahoe-dev@allmydata.org > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://allmydata.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tahoe-dev-requ...@allmydata.org > You can reach the person managing the list at > tahoe-dev-ow...@allmydata.org > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of tahoe-dev digest..." > Today's Topics: > 1. Windows buildbot needed (Zooko O'Whielacronx) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:40:05 -0600 > From: "Zooko O'Whielacronx" <zoo...@gmail.com> > Subject: [tahoe-dev] Windows buildbot needed > To: tahoe-dev <tahoe-dev@allmydata.org> > Cc: tahoe-...@quake.ca > Message-ID: > <n2lcd6401a1004241040y297f7b7bj2714dddb45205...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > Folks: > The Windows buildbot was contributed by allmydata.com and it has gone > off-line. (I suspect allmydata.com is repurposing the hardware. Or > possibly it will come back on-line -- I don't know.) > Could anyone run a Windows buildbot for us? Your Windows machine > doesn't have to be online 24/7, but it ought to be on-line for at > least an hour per day in order to be a useful buildbot. > Thanks! > In other buildbot news, David Triendl's and Midnight Magic's buildbots > are disconnected from the buildmaster. See the Supported Builders link > from here: http://tahoe-lafs.org/buildbot/ > Regards, > Zooko > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > tahoe-dev mailing list > tahoe-dev@allmydata.org > http://allmydata.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev > End of tahoe-dev Digest, Vol 37, Issue 23 > ***************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > tahoe-dev mailing list > tahoe-dev@allmydata.org > http://allmydata.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev > > _______________________________________________ tahoe-dev mailing list tahoe-dev@allmydata.org http://allmydata.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev
