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Building Tahoe-LAFS on Windows
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You'll need ``python``, ``pip``, and ``virtualenv``. But you won't need a
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compiler.
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Preliminaries
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-------------
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1: Install Python-2.7.11 . Use the "Windows x86-64 MSI installer" at
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https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2711/
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2: That should install ``pip``, but if it doesn't, look at
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https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/ for installation instructions.
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3: Install ``virtualenv`` with
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https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/installation.html
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Installation
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------------
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1: Start a CLI shell (e.g. PowerShell)
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2: Create a new virtualenv. Everything specific to Tahoe will go into this.
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You can use whatever name you like for the virtualenv, but example uses
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"venv"::
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PS C:\Users\me> virtualenv venv
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New python executable in C:\Users\me\venv\Scripts\python.exe
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Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.
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3: Use the virtualenv's ``pip`` to install the latest release of Tahoe-LAFS
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into this virtualenv::
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PS C:\Users\me> venv\Scripts\pip install tahoe-lafs
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Collecting tahoe-lafs
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...
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Installing collected packages: ...
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Successfully installed ...
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4: Verify that Tahoe was installed correctly by running ``tahoe --version``,
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using the ``tahoe`` from the virtualenv's Scripts directory::
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PS C:\Users\me> venv\Scripts\tahoe --version
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tahoe-lafs: 1.11
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foolscap: ...
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Running Tahoe-LAFS
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------------------
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The rest of the documentation assumes you can run the ``tahoe`` executable
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just as you did in step 4 above. If you want to type just ``tahoe`` instead
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of ``venv\Scripts\tahoe``, you can either "`activate`_" the virtualenv (by
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running ``venv\Scripts\activate``, or you can add the Scripts directory to
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your ``%PATH%`` environment variable.
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Now use the docs in :doc:`running` to learn how to configure your first
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Tahoe node.
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.. _activate: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide.html#activate-script
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Installing A Different Version
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The ``pip install tahoe-lafs`` command above will install the latest release
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(from PyPI). If instead, you want to install from a git checkout, then run
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the following command (using pip from the virtualenv, from the root of your
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git checkout)::
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$ venv\Scripts\pip install .
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If you're planning to hack on the source code, you might want to add
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``--editable`` so you won't have to re-install each time you make a change.
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Dependencies
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------------
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Tahoe-LAFS depends upon several packages that use compiled C code (such as zfec).
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This code must be built separately for each platform (Windows, OS-X, and different flavors of Linux).
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Fortunately, this is now done by upstream packages for most platforms.
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The result is that a C compiler is usually not required to install Tahoe-LAFS.
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