Installation of s3cmd package ============================= Author: Michal Ludvig S3tools / S3cmd project homepage: http://s3tools.sourceforge.net Amazon S3 homepage: http://aws.amazon.com/s3 !!! !!! Please consult README file for setup, usage and examples! !!! Package formats --------------- S3cmd is distributed in two formats: 1) Prebuilt RPM file - should work on most RPM-based distributions 2) Source .tar.gz package Installation of RPM package --------------------------- As user "root" run: rpm -ivh s3cmd-X.Y.Z.noarch.rpm where X.Y.Z is the most recent s3cmd release version. You may be informed about missing dependencies on Python or some libraries. Please consult your distribution documentation on ways to solve the problem. Installation of source .tar.gz package -------------------------------------- There are three options to run s3cmd from source tarball: 1) S3cmd program as distributed in s3cmd-X.Y.Z.tar.gz can be run directly from where you untar'ed the package. 2) Or you may want to move "s3cmd" file and "S3" subdirectory to some other path. Make sure that "S3" subdirectory ends up in the same place where you move the "s3cmd" file. For instance if you decide to move s3cmd to you $HOME/bin you will have $HOME/bin/s3cmd file and $HOME/bin/S3 directory with a number of support files. 3) The cleanest and most recommended approach is to run python setup.py install You will however need Python "distutils" module for this to work. It is often part of the core python package (e.g. in OpenSuse Python 2.5 package) or it can be installed using your package manager, e.g. in Debian use apt-get install python2.4-setuptools Again, consult your distribution documentation on how to find out the actual package name and how to install it then. Note to distibutions package maintainers ---------------------------------------- Define shell environment variable S3CMD_PACKAGING=yes if you don't want setup.py to install manpages and doc files. You'll have to install them manually in your .spec or similar package build scripts. On the other hand if you want setup.py to install manpages and docs, but to other than default path, define env variables $S3CMD_INSTPATH_MAN and $S3CMD_INSTPATH_DOC. Check out setup.py for details and default values. Where to get help ----------------- If in doubt, or if something doesn't work as expected, get back to us via mailing list: s3tools-general@lists.sourceforge.net For more information refer to: * S3cmd / S3tools homepage at http://s3tools.sourceforge.net Enjoy! Michal Ludvig * michal@logix.cz * http://www.logix.cz/michal