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| author | elie <elie> | 2004-04-12 09:24:49 +0000 |
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| committer | elie <elie> | 2004-04-12 09:24:49 +0000 |
| commit | e49c3996ed169e2e6996e87bb71cf66467ef11dd (patch) | |
| tree | 6839058633e85a09b317c3d31fe5a34547729348 /README | |
| parent | 22ee8f54e471f76e1f9bb5e319b1392e92e230cb (diff) | |
| download | pysnmp-e49c3996ed169e2e6996e87bb71cf66467ef11dd.tar.gz | |
branch version-3-3-x-branch joint back to main trunk
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@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ FEATURES * Both synchronous and asynchronous IO API support * Fully documented API with many examples * Generic, objective ASN.1 framework -* Partial MIB I/II data types and macros implementation (check - CVS at SF for recent development) * 100% Python, works with Python 1.x and later * MT-safe @@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ MISFEATURES * No MIB compiler (though, it's possible to compile ASN.1 code into PySNMP classes by hand, oh...) -* No SNMP v.3 support (though, it's almost implemented, check CVS at SF) +* No SNMP v.3 support (though, it's partially implemented, check CVS at SF) PRECAUTIONS ----------- @@ -57,13 +55,13 @@ directory in the following way (assuming your Python distribution resides under /usr/local/lib/python): $ cd /usr/local/lib/python/site-packages -$ tar xvf /tmp/pysnmp-3.3.1.tar -$ echo pysnmp-3.3.1 > pysnmp.pth +$ tar xvf /tmp/pysnmp-3.3.5.tar +$ echo pysnmp-3.3.5 > pysnmp.pth Alternatively, the $PYTHONPATH environment variable can be updated to point to your PySNMP package location (assuming your UNIX shell is bash): -export PYTHONPATH=/home/ilya/src/py/pysnmp-3.3.1:$PYTHONPATH +export PYTHONPATH=/home/ilya/src/py/pysnmp-3.3.5:$PYTHONPATH The latter trick is also known to work on Windows. @@ -71,6 +69,17 @@ I've been told, that on Windows 2000, one needs to go to "Control panel" -> "System" -> "Advanced" -> "Environment variables" and add/update the PYTHONPATH environment variable there. +TESTING +------- + +Once the PySNMP package is installed, try running: + +python -c 'from pysnmp.test import suite; suite.run()' + +at your command line to make sure the whole thing is working +properly. Otherwise, please, report all failures to PySNMP mailing +list (see below). + OPERATION --------- @@ -108,7 +117,7 @@ http://sourceforge.net/projects/pysnmp/ GETTING HELP ------------ -Once anything does not work as expected, please, try browsing PySNMP +If something does not work as expected, please, try browsing PySNMP mailing list archives at http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=14735 or post your question there. |