= Debian Packages =

Tahoe-LAFS is compatible with various releases of !Debian/Ubuntu. There are two
forms of compatibility: "apt-get installable" and "runs-from-source". Both
are pretty easy. If you just want to download a binary package and install
it, you'll need the "apt-get installable" kind of compability.

== Compatibility ==

||platform||apt-get installable||deb buildable||tahoe-lafs deb available||dependency debs available||runs-from-source||included in distribution||priority||
||Debian 5.0 "lenny" i386||yes?||yes||yes (use etch)||yes (use etch for zfec/foolscap)||yes?|| ||*||
||Debian 5.0 "lenny" amd64||yes||[http://allmydata.org/buildbot/waterfall?builder=deb-lenny-soultcer&builder=deb-lenny-amd64-eugen yes]||[http://allmydata.org/debian/dists/lenny/tahoe/binary-all/ yes]||[http://allmydata.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/binary-amd64/ yes]||[http://allmydata.org/buildbot/waterfall?show_events=false&builder=Eugen+lenny-amd64&builder=Soultcer+lenny-amd64 yes]||no|| ||
||Debian 5.0 "lenny" armv5tel||no|| ? ||no||no||[http://allmydata.org/buildbot/waterfall?show_events=false&builder=François+Lenny-armv5tel yes]|| || ||
||Debian "squeeze" (unreleased)|| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || || ||
||Debian "sid" (unreleased) i386||yes||yes||no||yes||yes|| ||*||
||Debian "sid" (unreleased) amd64||yes||yes||no||?||yes|| ||*||
||Ubuntu 9.10 "karmic" i386|| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? ||Tahoe-LAFS v1.5.0||*||
||Ubuntu 9.10 "karmic" amd64|| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? ||Tahoe-LAFS v1.5.0||*||
||Ubuntu 10.04 "lucid" i386|| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? ||Tahoe-LAFS v1.6.1||*||
||Ubuntu 10.04 "lucid" amd64|| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? ||Tahoe-LAFS v1.6.1||*||

"apt-get installable" means that it is possible to download a pre-built Tahoe-LAFS
binary package from the APT repository on allmydata.org (as well as packages
for any dependencies that are not otherwise available in the !Debian/Ubuntu
release), and then run /usr/bin/tahoe to use that installation. Follow the
instructions below to edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file. "apt-get
installable" = ("tahoe-lafs deb available" AND "dependency debs available").

"deb buildable" means that a tahoe-lafs .deb package can be built from a source
tree. "tahoe-lafs deb available" means the allmydata.org buildbot does this
automatically, to populate the APT repository. We do not have automatic
builders for all platforms, so there are holes in this table.

"dependency debs available" means that the allmydata.org APT repository has
debian packages available for everything that Tahoe-LAFS needs (those which are
not already in that debian release: over time, many of the packages are being
added to debian proper, and no longer need to be hosted here). This is
required to make Tahoe-LAFS be "apt-get installable" on any given platform.

"runs-from-source" means that it is possible to take a Tahoe-LAFS source tree
(either from a downloaded tarball or from a darcs checkout) and run
{{{python setup.py build}}} on it, then run {{{./bin/tahoe}}} to use it. This approach
is described on the
[http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/trunk/docs/quickstart.html ""Quick Start""]
page. The allmydata.org buildbot automatically tests run-from-source on most
debian platforms.

== !Downloading/Installing Binary Packages ==

allmydata.org hosts an APT repository at http://allmydata.org/debian/ . To
install packages from this repository, add the following lines to your
{{{/etc/apt/sources.list}}}, replacing the word {{{$DIST}}} with one of
{{{etch}}}, {{{sid}}}, {{{edgy}}}, etc, as appropriate.

{{{
deb http://allmydata.org/debian/  $DIST  main tahoe
deb-src http://allmydata.org/debian/  $DIST  main tahoe
}}}


Then update and install the {{{allmydata-tahoe}}} package:

{{{
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install allmydata-tahoe
}}}

apt-get will automatically acquire other dependency packages from the same
repository (including {{{foolscap}}}, {{{zfec}}}, {{{pycryptopp}}}, and
others). The "tahoe" section contains the Tahoe-LAFS debian packages, while the
"main" section contains the dependency libraries.

Note that these {{{allmydata-tahoe}}} packages are generated each time the
code is changed, and represent the most up-to-date (read "unstable") version
available. The usual warnings about no guarantees apply: it might cause your
computer to catch fire, might steal your dog, etc. In the future, we will add
a section to the repository that only contains released versions of Tahoe-LAFS,
probably called "tahoe-releases". The packages in this section should be more
stable than the bleeding-edge packages in the "tahoe" section.

After installing see the [http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/trunk/docs/running.html docs/running.html] for how to use it.

There are no pre-built packages available for dapper or sarge, as these
releases are too old to provide the necessary support packages
(python-central, setuptools, etc). You can probably still install from source
on these releases, however.

== Problems ==

=== Etch ===

Debian Etch (4.0, "oldstable") has a {{{python-pysqlite2}}} for Python 2.4
that lacks a {{{.egg-info}}}, so it is invisible to {{{setuptools}}}.
Workarounds:

 1. use Python 2.5 instead of Python 2.4.
 2. {{{sudo apt-get install sqlite3-dev && sudo easy_install pysqlite}}}.

=== Edgy ===

Ubuntu Edgy (6.10) has a {{{python-pysqlite2}}} for Python 2.4 that has a
{{{.egg-info}}} marked as being for Python 2.5, so it is invisible to
{{{setuptools}}}. Workarounds:

 1. use Python 2.5 instead of Python 2.4.
 2. {{{sudo apt-get install sqlite3-dev && sudo easy_install pysqlite}}}.

It appears that the version of
Nevow (0.7.0) which shipped with edgy is broken (ubuntu bug
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nevow/+bug/61423 #61423]),
preventing the Tahoe-LAFS node's webserver from running. The symptom is an
exception at node startup that looks like this:

{{{
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/formless/annotate.py", line 17, in ?
     from nevow.compy import Interface, MetaInterface
exceptions.ImportError: cannot import name MetaInterface
}}}

We do not yet know of a solid workaround for this. One suggestion is to
comment out the "from allmydata.webish import WebishServer" line from
allmydata/client.py and not use the 'webport' feature. Another is to modify
formless/annotate.py and try to fix that import problem. A third is to find a
backport of a newer version of nevow.

=== Lenny ===

The combination of Twisted-8.1 and pyopenssl-0.7 triggers a bug (#402) that
causes many unit tests to fail. This bug does not appear to impact actual
operations. The current workaround is to upgrade to Twisted-8.2, downgrade 
to pyopenssl-0.6, or refrain from running unit tests.

#768 (need .deb's of pycryptopp and zfec)
#785 (lenny (onwards) packages should depend on python-pysqlite2 not python-sqlite2)

== Building From Source On Debian Systems ==

If your platform is not listed as "apt-get installable" above, or if you
don't have root access, or simply want to run Tahoe-LAFS without installing it,
you can use the regular run-from-source procedure described in
http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/trunk/docs/quickstart.html . As long as you
run this as a normal (non-root) user and don't use "sudo" at any time, this
will not modify your system and will not interfere with the normal apt-get
tools. Building from a source tree and then symlinking {{{~/bin/tahoe}}} to
the tree's {{{bin/tahoe}}} executable is a convenient way to use Tahoe-LAFS
without installing it to your {{{/usr}}} directory.

Many of Tahoe-LAFS's build dependencies can be satisfied by first installing
certain debian packages, and the Tahoe-LAFS build process will download and build
many of the others. Please see source:docs/debian.txt for details about
building Tahoe-LAFS on a debian-based system. The following text is a copy of
source:docs/debian.txt .

The Tahoe-LAFS 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-LAFS node from a debian package, you will need the following
dependencies 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-LAFS .deb package, you can install the
supporting libraries from debian packages to reduce the build-time
download-and-compile work. The Tahoe-LAFS 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-LAFS 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-LAFS will run just fine from a source
tree: creating a debian package is merely a convenience for sysadmins to help
them manage large numbers of Tahoe-LAFS nodes with established tools like apt-get.

== Compatibility (Historical) ==

||platform||apt-get installable||deb buildable||tahoe-lafs deb available||dependency debs available||runs-from-source||included in distribution||priority||
||Debian 3.1 "sarge"||no||no||no||no||?||no|| ||
||Debian 4.0 "etch" i386||no||yes||yes||no (missing pycryptopp)||[http://allmydata.org/buildbot/waterfall?show_events=false&builder=etch yes]|| || ||
||Ubuntu 6.06LTS "dapper" i386||no||no||no||no||[http://allmydata.org/buildbot/waterfall?show_events=false&builder=dapper yes]|| || ||
||Ubuntu 6.10 "edgy" i386||?||yes||yes||no (missing pycryptopp)||[http://allmydata.org/buildbot/waterfall?show_events=false&builder=edgy yes]|| || ||
||Ubuntu 7.04 "feisty" i386||no?||yes||yes||no (missing pycryptopp)||[http://allmydata.org/buildbot/waterfall?show_events=false&builder=feisty2.5 yes]|| || ||
||Ubuntu 7.10 "gutsy" i386||no (#149)||yes||yes||no (missing pycryptopp)||[http://allmydata.org/buildbot/waterfall?show_events=false&builder=gutsy yes]|| || ||
||Ubuntu 8.10 "intrepid" i386||no||yes||no||no||?|| || ||
||Ubuntu 9.04 "jaunty" i386||no||yes||no||no||yes|| || ||
||Ubuntu 9.04 "jaunty" amd64||no||yes||no||no (missing zfec, foolscap)||[http://allmydata.org/buildbot/waterfall?show_events=false&builder=Shawn%20jaunty%20amd64 yes]|| || ||