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[[!meta title="How to install cdist"]]
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[[!toc levels=3]]
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## Requirements
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### Source Host
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This is the machine you use to configure the target hosts.
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* /bin/sh: A posix like shell (for instance bash, dash, zsh)
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* Python >= 3.2
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* SSH client
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* Asciidoc (for building the manpages)
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### Target Hosts
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* /bin/sh: A posix like shell (for instance bash, dash, zsh)
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* SSH server
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## Requirement Installation: Python >= 3.2
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Ensure you have at least Python 3.2 or newer installed on
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the **source host**.
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You can check this by running **python -V**:
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% python -V
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Python 3.3.0
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### Archlinux
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Archlinux includes a recent python in the extra repository.
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You can install it using
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pacman -S python
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### CentOS
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See the "From source" section
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### Debian
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For Debian **wheezy** or newer:
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aptitude install python3
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On **squeeze** you can add following line in **/etc/apt/sources.list**
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deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy main
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And add pinning entry in **/etc/apt/preferences.d/wheezy**:
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Package: *
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Pin: release n=wheezy
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Pin-Priority: 1
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Please be aware that both **openssh-server** and **openssh-client** might be
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removed on **python3.2** installation. You surely want to reinstall them:
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apt-get install -t wheezy openssh-server openssh-client
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For older Debian versions, installing python 3.2 from source is required.
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### Fedora
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Fedora 15 and newer includes a recent python.
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You can install it using
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yum install python3
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### FreeBSD
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For the port:
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cd /usr/ports/lang/python32/ && make install clean
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For the package:
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pkg_add -r python32
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You can also use any newer version, but at least python 3.2 is required.
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### Gentoo
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Gentoo only provides python 3.2 in testing packages (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3&chap=3).
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If you want to ensure nothing breaks you must set back the python version to what was default before.
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emerge -av =python-3.2.2 --autounmask-write
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emerge -av =python-3.2.2
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eselect python list
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eselect python list set python3.2
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### Max OS X
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You can choose between Homebrew and Macports, either way works:
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[Homebrew](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/) variant:
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brew install python3
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[Macports](http://www.macports.org/install.php) variant:
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port install python32
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ln -s /opt/local/bin/python3.2 /opt/local/bin/python3
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### Redhat
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See the "From source" section
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### From Source
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For those operating systems not yet supporting Python 3.2:
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pyversion=3.2.3
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wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/$pyversion/Python-${pyversion}.tar.bz2
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tar xvfj Python-${pyversion}.tar.bz2
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cd Python-${pyversion}
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./configure
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make
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sudo make install
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This installs python 3.2 to /usr/local/bin.
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Ensure this directory is in your PATH environment variable.
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## Install cdist
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You can install cdist either from git or as a python package.
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### From git
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Cloning cdist from git gives you the advantage of having
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a version control in place for development of your own stuff
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immediately.
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To install cdist, execute the following commands:
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git clone git://git.schottelius.org/cdist
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cd cdist
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export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd -P)/bin
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If you want to build and use the manpages, run:
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./bin/build-helper manbuild
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export MANPATH=$MANPATH:$(pwd -P)/doc/man
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#### Available versions in git
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* The active development takes place in the **master** branch
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* The current stable version can be found in the **2.0** branch
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* The upcoming stable version can be found in the **2.1** branch
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Other branches may be available for features or bugfixes, but they
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may vanish at any point. To select a specific branch use
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# Generic code
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git checkout -b <localbranchname> origin/<branchname>
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So for instance if you want to use and stay with version 2.0, you can use
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git checkout -b 2.0 origin/2.0
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#### Git Mirrors
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If the main site is down, you can acquire cdist from one of the following sites:
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* git://github.com/telmich/cdist.git ([github](https://github.com/telmich/cdist))
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* git://git.code.sf.net/p/cdist/code ([sourceforge](https://sourceforge.net/p/cdist/code))
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### Python Package
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Cdist is available as a python package at
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[PyPi](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cdist/). You can install it using
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pip install cdist
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## Use cdist
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[[Dig into the documentation|documentation]] to get started with cdist!
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[[!tag cdist unix]]
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