Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of SettingUpBuildslave

Timestamp:

07/23/10 09:51:00 (14 years ago)

Author:

Samuli Seppänen

Comment:

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SettingUpBuildslave

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  1. If you want to automatically build packages (e.g. deb/rpm) for your platform, you need to be able to do it manually first. Consult your OS'es documentation for more details.
  1. [http://buildbot.net/buildbot/docs/0.7.12/#Requirements Install buildbot requirements].
- 1. Download and install buildbot using one of the methods described [http://buildbot.net/trac/wiki/DownloadInstall here]. More instructions are available [http://buildbot.net/buildbot/docs/0.7.12/#Installation here]. You should install Buildbot 0.7.12 which the ''buildmaster'' is using.
+ 1. Download and install buildbot using one of the methods described [http://buildbot.net/trac/wiki/DownloadInstall here]. More instructions are available [http://buildbot.net/buildbot/docs/0.7.12/#Creating-a-buildslave here]. You should install Buildbot 0.7.12 which the ''buildmaster'' is using.
 
 
 == Installing buildslave using easy_install ==
 
-Probably easiest way is to install buildbot is by using [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools easy_install] if that's available on your platform. This will keep buildslave isolated from your OS'es package management and take care of dependencies for you.
+Probably easiest way is to install buildbot is by using [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools easy_install] if that's available on your platform. This will keep buildslave isolated from your OS'es package management and take care of dependencies for you. It is easiest (but [http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#custom-installation-locations not necessary) to run ''setuptools'' as root:
 
 
+First switch to root account, e.g. using sudo or su:
+
+{{{
+$ sudo -s
+}}}
+
+Next test that easy_install should work as expected:
+
+{{{
+easy_install -n buildbot==0.7.12
+}}}
+
+If all went well, install buildbot for real:
+
+{{{
+easy_install buildbot==0.7.12
+}}}