Chapter 1. Installing and Using Splat

Chapter 1. Installing and Using Splat
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Installation

Prerequisites
Installing with the Python Distutils

Configuring Splat

splat.conf

Running Splat

splatd

Installation

Prerequisites

Splat depends on the following components:

Python 2.4
Twisted Networking Framework
Python LDAP
ZConfig

Installing with the Python Distutils

Splat uses the standard Python distutils. To install, simply run setup.py:

./setup.py install

The Splat library will be installed in the Python site-packages directory. The splatd daemon will be installed in the Python-specified bin directory. An example configuration file, splat.conf, is supplied with the source distribution.

Note

The Splat daemon will be installed in the bin directory as specific by Python. On certain operating systems, this may not be what you expect. For example, Mac OS X might install splatd in /Library/Python/2.3/bin. Feel free to move the binary after the installation is complete.