At this time, precompiled packages are available only for Debian-like systems, using recent releases of Debian or Ubuntu. To install debian packages for edgy, feisty, or etch from our [http://allmydata.org/debian/ APT repository], add the following lines to your {{{/etc/apt/sources.list}}}, replacing the word {{{DIST}}} with {{{edgy}}}, {{{feisty}}}, or {{{etch}}} as appropriate. (If you are running Debian lenny, use the {{{etch}}} packages.) {{{ 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. apt-get will automatically acquire a {{{foolscap}}} .deb package from the same location in order to satisfy its dependencies. These 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. After installing see the [http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/README the README file] 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 == === Edgy === While the tahoe package on edgy will install, 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 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.