PyBitmessage/INSTALL.md

#PyBitmessage Installation Instructions

For an up-to-date version of these instructions, please visit the Bitmessage Wiki.

PyBitmessage can be run either straight from source or from an installed packaged.

##Dependencies Before running PyBitmessage, make sure you have all the needed dependencies installed on your system.

Here's a list of dependencies needed for PyBitmessage

• python2.7
• python2-qt4 (python-qt4 on Debian/Ubuntu)
• openssl
• (Fedora & Redhat only) openssl-compat-bitcoin-libs

##Running PyBitmessage PyBitmessage can be run two ways: straight from source or via a package which is installed on your system. Since PyBitmessage is Beta, it is best to run PyBitmessage from source, so that you may update as needed.

####Updating To update PyBitmessage from source (Linux/OS X), you can do these easy steps:

cd PyBitmessage/src/
git fetch --all
git reset --hard origin/master
python bitmessagemain.py

Viola! Bitmessage is updated!

####Linux To run PyBitmessage from the command-line, you must download the source, then run src/bitmessagemain.py.

git clone git://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage.git
cd PyBitmessage/ && python src/bitmessagemain.py

That's it! Honestly!

####Windows In Windows you can download an executable for Bitmessage here.

However, if you would like to run PyBitmessage via Python in Windows, you can go here for information on how to do so.

####OS X First off, install Homebrew.

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"

Now, install the required dependencies

sudo port install python27 py27-pyqt4 openssl
sudo port install git-core +svn +doc +bash_completion +gitweb

Download and run PyBitmessage:

git clone git://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage.git
cd PyBitmessage && python src/bitmessagemain.py

##Creating a package for installation If you really want, you can make a package for PyBitmessage which you may install yourself or distribute to friends. This isn't reccomended, since PyBitmessage is in Beta, and subject to frequent change.

####Linux

First off, since PyBitmessage uses something nifty called packagemonkey, go ahead and get that installed. You may have to build it from source.

Next, edit the generate.sh script. To your liking.

Now, run the appropriate script for the type of package you'd like to make

arch.sh - create a package for Arch Linux
debian.sh - create a package for Debian/Ubuntu
ebuild.sh - create a package for Gentoo
osx.sh - create a package for OS X
puppy.sh - create a package for Puppy Linux
rpm.sh - create a RPM package
slack.sh - create a package for Slackware

####OS X Please refer to this page on the forums for instructions on how to create a package on OS X.

Please note that some versions of OS X don't work. ###Windows #TODO: Create Windows package creation instructions