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@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ If you are on Windows, please see :doc:`windows` for platform-specific
instructions.
If you are on a Mac, you can either follow these instructions, or use the
pre-packaged bundle described in :doc:`OS-X`. The Tahoe project hosts
pre-compiled "wheels" for all dependencies, so use the ``--find-links=``
option described below to avoid needing a compiler.
pre-packaged bundle described in :doc:`OS-X`.
Many Linux distributions include Tahoe-LAFS packages. Debian and Ubuntu users
can ``apt-get install tahoe-lafs``. See `OSPackages`_ for other
@ -54,9 +52,14 @@ Preliminaries
=============
If you don't use a pre-packaged copy of Tahoe, you can build it yourself.
You'll need Python2.7, pip, and virtualenv. On unix-like platforms, you will
need a C compiler, the Python development headers, and some libraries
(libffi-dev and libssl-dev).
You'll need Python2.7, pip, and virtualenv.
Tahoe-LAFS depends on some libraries which require a C compiler to build.
However, for many platforms, PyPI hosts already-built packages of libraries.
If there is no already-built package for your platform,
you will need a C compiler,
the Python development headers,
and some libraries (libffi-dev and libssl-dev).
On a modern Debian/Ubuntu-derived distribution, this command will get you
everything you need::
@ -64,8 +67,7 @@ everything you need::
apt-get install build-essential python-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev python-virtualenv
On OS-X, install pip and virtualenv as described below. If you want to
compile the dependencies yourself (instead of using ``--find-links`` to take
advantage of the pre-compiled ones we host), you'll also need to install
compile the dependencies yourself, you'll also need to install
Xcode and its command-line tools.
**Note** that Tahoe-LAFS depends on `openssl 1.1.1c` or greater.
@ -168,12 +170,6 @@ from PyPI with ``venv/bin/pip install tahoe-lafs``. After installation, run
%
On OS-X, instead of ``pip install tahoe-lafs``, use this command to take
advantage of the hosted pre-compiled wheels::
venv/bin/pip install --find-links=https://tahoe-lafs.org/deps tahoe-lafs
Install From a Source Tarball
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