Changes between Version 15 and Version 16 of DownloadDebianPackages

Timestamp:

2009-02-18T03:15:04Z (16 years ago)

Author:

warner

Comment:

copy debian dependencies over from InstallDetails

DownloadDebianPackages

@@ -120 +120 @@
 certain debian packages, and the Tahoe build process will download and build
 many of the others. Please see source:docs/debian.txt for details about
-building Tahoe on a debian-based system.
+building Tahoe on a debian-based system. The following text is a copy of
+source:docs/debian.txt .
+
+The Tahoe build process will download and install many of its dependencies
+when you run {{{make}}} or {{{setup.py build}}}. The base set of
+functionality that it cannot build on its own are provided by the following
+debian packages, so you must have these installed before you will be able to
+do much of anything. (note that the authoritative list of packages is in the
+"{{{Build-Depends:}}}" clause of
+[source:misc/sid/debian/control misc/sid/debian/control]):
+
+ * build-essential (this includes gcc, g++, make, and the headers in libc-dev)
+ * debhelper
+ * cdbs
+ * python-central
+ * python-setuptools
+ * python
+ * python-dev
+
+In addition, to use the "{{{make deb-PLATFORM-head}}}" target, you will also
+need the "debchange" utility from the "devscripts" package, and the
+"fakeroot" package.
+
+To actually run a Tahoe node from a debian package, you will need the following
+supporting libraries installed. (again, the authoritative list of packages
+is in the {{{Depends:}}} clause of
+[source:misc/sid/debian/control misc/sid/debian/control])
+
+ * python-twisted-core
+ * python-twisted-names
+ * python-foolscap
+ * python-pyopenssl
+ * python-nevow
+ * python-simplejson
+ * python-zfec
+ * python-pycryptopp
+
+Even if you don't intend to create a Tahoe .deb package, you can install the
+supporting libraries from debian packages to reduce the build-time
+download-and-compile work. The Tahoe build process will use any pre-installed
+libraries it can find, and will download+build everything else.
 
 == Building a Debian Package ==
 
 Please see source:docs/debian.txt for details about building your own debian
-packages from a Tahoe source tree.
+packages from a Tahoe source tree. You will need to install the packages
+described above, including the "devscripts" and "fakeroot" packages, and you
+will use the {{{make deb-$PLATFORM-head}}} target.
 
 Note that this is entirely optional. Tahoe will run just fine from a source