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diff --git a/doc/install.txt b/doc/install.txt index 33d5dae..4cea1cc 100644 --- a/doc/install.txt +++ b/doc/install.txt @@ -2,14 +2,43 @@ Installing BE ************* +Distribution packages +===================== + +Some distributions (Debian_ , Ubuntu_ , others?) package BE. If +you're running one of those distributions, you can install the package +with your regular package manager. For Debian, Ubuntu, and related +distros, that's:: + + $ apt-get install bugs-everywhere + +However, the official packages can lag behind current development. + +If you're running Gentoo_, I've got a live ebuild in my overlay_ that +installs the current version of BE from the Git source. + +Michel Alexandre Salim maintains a Fedora_ package. + +.. _Debian: http://packages.debian.org/sid/bugs-everywhere +.. _Ubuntu: http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/bugs-everywhere +.. _Gentoo: http://www.gentoo.org/ +.. _overlay: http://blog.tremily.us/posts/Gentoo_overlay/ +.. _Fedora: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/be + + Dependencies ============ +If your distribution does not package BE, you'll have to install it +yourself, along with its dependencies. Not all of these are strictly +required. See `Minimal installs`_ for possible shortcuts. + ============== ======================= =============== =========================== -Package Role Debian Gentoo +Package Role Debian_ Gentoo_ ============== ======================= =============== =========================== PyYAML_ serialized data storage python-yaml dev-python/pyyaml Jinja_ HTML templating python-jinja2 deb-python/jinja +CherryPy_ serve repos over HTTP python-cherrypy dev-python/cherrypy Sphinx_ see :doc:`doc` python-sphinx dev-python/sphinx numpydoc_ see :doc:`doc` dev-python/numpydoc [#npd]_ Docutils_ manpage generation python-docutils dev-python/docutils @@ -19,6 +48,7 @@ Docutils_ manpage generation python-docutils dev-python/docutils .. _PyYAML: http://pyyaml.org/ .. _Jinja: http://jinja.pocoo.org/ +.. _CherryPy: http://cherrypy.org/ .. _Sphinx: http://sphinx.pocoo.org/ .. _numpydoc: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/numpydoc .. _Docutils: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/ @@ -46,10 +76,14 @@ install to another location. With the default installation, you may need to add ``~/.local/bin/`` to your ``PATH`` so that your shell can find the installed ``be`` script. +Minimal installs +---------------- + By default, ``make`` builds both a man page for ``be`` and the HTML Sphinx documentation (:doc:`doc`). You can customize the -documentation targets by overriding_ the ``DOC`` variable. For -example, to disable all documentation during a build/install, run:: +documentation targets (if, for example, you don't want to install +Sphinx) by overriding_ the ``DOC`` variable. For example, to disable +all documentation during a build/install, run:: $ make DOC= install @@ -59,18 +93,43 @@ the man page (``doc/man/be.1``) if it exists, so:: $ make $ make DOC= install -*will* build (first ``make``) install (second ``make``) the man page. +*will* build (first ``make``) and install (second ``make``) the man + page. + +Also note that there is no need to edit the ``Makefile`` to change any +of its internal variables. You can `override them from the command +line`__, as we did for ``DOC`` above. +__ overriding_ + +Finally, if you want to do the absolute minimum required to install BE +locally, you can skip the ``Makefile`` entirely, and just use +``setup.py`` directly:: + + $ python setup.py install + +See:: + + $ python setup.py install --help + +for a list of installation options. + +You will still need to install PyYAML. Jinja is only used by the +``html`` command, so feel free to skip Jinja if you don't mind +avoiding that command. Similarly, CherryPy is only used for the +``serve`` command. The other dependencies are only used for +:doc:`building these docs <doc>`, so feel free to skip them and just +use the docs wherever you're currently reading them. .. _homepage: http://bugseverywhere.org/ -.. _overriding: http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Overriding.html#Overriding +.. _overriding: http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Overriding.html Release tarballs ================ For those not interested in the cutting edge, or those who don't want -to worry about installing Git, we'll post release tarballs somewhere +to worry about installing Git, we'll `post release tarballs`_ (once we actually make a release). After you've downloaded the release tarball, unpack it with:: @@ -81,18 +140,4 @@ And install it with::: $ cd be-<VERSION> $ make install - -Distribution packages -===================== - -Some distributions (Debian_ , Ubuntu_ , others?) package BE. If -you're running one of those distributions, you can install the package -with your regular package manager. For Debian, Ubuntu, and related -distros, that's:: - - $ apt-get install bugs-everywhere - -However, the official packages can lag behind current development. - -.. _Debian: http://packages.debian.org/sid/bugs-everywhere -.. _Ubuntu: http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/bugs-everywhere +.. _post release tarballs: http://download.bugseverywhere.org/releases/ diff --git a/doc/tutorial.txt b/doc/tutorial.txt index c82f7c5..7e801e7 100644 --- a/doc/tutorial.txt +++ b/doc/tutorial.txt @@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ For example, most Debian-based distributions support:: $ apt-get install bugs-everywhere +See :doc:`the install page <install>` for more information and +alternative methods. + Bugs ==== |