diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | source3/python/README | 48 |
1 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source3/python/README b/source3/python/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f751046376 --- /dev/null +++ b/source3/python/README @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +Quick Install Guide +-- +Lines prepended with a $ indicate shell commands. + +1. Requirements + +In order to be able to compile samba-python you need to have +python and the python-dev packages installed. + +2. Checking out the CVS HEAD branch of Samba and Samba-Python + +In your shell, type: + +$ cvs -d :pserver:cvs@pserver.samba.org:/cvsroot login + +When asked for a password, type 'cvs'. + +Now, type: + +$ cvs -d :pserver:cvs@pserver.samba.org:/cvsroot co samba + +This might probably take a while. When everything is downloaded, +check out the samba-python tree: + +$ cvs -d :pserver:cvs@pserver.samba.org:/cvsroot co samba-python + +Now that you have both cvs modules, move the directory 'samba-python' to +inside the samba source tree, using: + +$ mv samba-python samba/source/python + +Now, go to the samba/source directory and apply the samba-head.patch patch: + +$ cd samba/source && patch -p0 < location/to/samba-python/samba-head.patch + +You can now configure samba as usual and create the python extension: + +$ autoconf +$ ./configure +$ make python_ext + +Now, you can install the modules: + +$ cp build/lib.*/*.so /usr/lib/python2.1/lib-dynload/ + +(the directory /usr/lib/python2.1 may vary, depending on your installation) + +Samba-python should work now! |