From 104a9ad3fff95bbcf42d103c663bdfe2404c2bee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: owsla Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:00:01 +0000 Subject: Further README updates for Windows systems. git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup/trunk@925 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109 --- rdiff-backup/README | 20 ++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'rdiff-backup') diff --git a/rdiff-backup/README b/rdiff-backup/README index f4324f0..d183cd7 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/README +++ b/rdiff-backup/README @@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ is available from the Python guide, Installing Python Modules for System Administrators, located at http://docs.python.org/inst/inst.html, particularly Section 4. +To build from source on Windows, you can use the command: + + python setup.py py2exe --single-file + +to build a single executable file which contains Python, librsync, and +all required modules. + REQUIREMENTS: Remember that you must have Python 2.2 or later and librsync 0.9.7 or @@ -40,10 +47,15 @@ later installed. For Python, see http://www.python.org. The rdiff-backup homepage at http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/ should have a recent version of librsync; otherwise see the librsync homepage at http://librsync.sourceforge.net/. On Windows, you must have the -Python for Windows extensions installed: http://pywin32.sourceforge.net/ +Python for Windows extensions installed if you are building from source. +The extensions can be downloaded from: http://pywin32.sourceforge.net/ +If you are not building from source on Windows, you do not need Python +or librsync; they are bundled with the executable. For remote operation, rdiff-backup should be installed and in the -PATH on remote system(s) (see man page for more information). +PATH on remote system(s) (see man page for more information). On +Windows, if you are using the provided .exe binary, you must have an +SSH package installed for remote operation. The python modules pylibacl and pyxattr are optional. If they are installed and in the default pythonpath, rdiff-backup will support @@ -60,8 +72,8 @@ or later. TROUBLESHOOTING: If you have everything installed properly, and it still doesn't work, -see the enclosed FAQ.html, the web page at -http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/, and/or the mailing list. +see the enclosed FAQ.html, the web page at http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org, +the Wiki at: http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org, and/or the mailing list. The FAQ in particular is an important reference, especially if you are using smbfs/CIFS, Windows, or have compiled by hand on Mac OS X. -- cgit v1.2.1