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< h1 > 4. How to install cdist< a class = "headerlink" href = "#how-to-install-cdist" title = "Permalink to this headline" > ¶< / a > < / h1 >
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< h2 > 4.1. Requirements< a class = "headerlink" href = "#requirements" title = "Permalink to this headline" > ¶< / a > < / h2 >
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< p > This is the machine you use to configure the target hosts.< / p >
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< li > /bin/sh: A posix like shell (for instance bash, dash, zsh)< / li >
< li > Python > = 3.2< / li >
< li > SSH client< / li >
< li > sphinx (for building html docs and/or the man pages)< / li >
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< h2 > 4.2. Install cdist< a class = "headerlink" href = "#install-cdist" title = "Permalink to this headline" > ¶< / a > < / h2 >
< p > You can install cdist either from git or as a python package.< / p >
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< p > Cloning cdist from git gives you the advantage of having
a version control in place for development of your own stuff
immediately.< / p >
< p > To install cdist, execute the following commands:< / p >
< div class = "highlight-sh" > < div class = "highlight" > < pre > < span > < / span > git clone https://github.com/ungleich/cdist.git
< span class = "nb" > cd< / span > cdist
< span class = "nb" > export< / span > < span class = "nv" > PATH< / span > < span class = "o" > =< / span > < span class = "nv" > $PATH< / span > :< span class = "k" > $(< / span > < span class = "nb" > pwd< / span > -P< span class = "k" > )< / span > /bin
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< li > The active development takes place in the < strong > master< / strong > branch< / li >
< li > The released versions can be found in the tags< / li >
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< p > Other branches may be available for features or bugfixes, but they
may vanish at any point. To select a specific branch use< / p >
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git checkout -b < localbranchname> origin/< branchname>
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< p > So for instance if you want to use and stay with version 4.1, you can use< / p >
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< p > If the main site is down, you can acquire cdist from one of the following sites:< / p >
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< li > git://github.com/telmich/cdist.git < a class = "reference external" href = "https://github.com/telmich/cdist" > github< / a > < / li >
< li > git://git.code.sf.net/p/cdist/code < a class = "reference external" href = "https://sourceforge.net/p/cdist/code" > sourceforge< / a > < / li >
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< p > If you want to build and use the documentation, run:< / p >
< div class = "highlight-sh" > < div class = "highlight" > < pre > < span > < / span > make docs
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< p > Documentation comes in two formats, man pages and full HTML
documentation. Documentation is built into distribution's
docs/dist directory. man pages are in docs/dist/man and
HTML documentation in docs/dist/html.< / p >
< p > If you want to use man pages, run:< / p >
< div class = "highlight-sh" > < div class = "highlight" > < pre > < span > < / span > < span class = "nb" > export< / span > < span class = "nv" > MANPATH< / span > < span class = "o" > =< / span > < span class = "nv" > $MANPATH< / span > :< span class = "k" > $(< / span > < span class = "nb" > pwd< / span > -P< span class = "k" > )< / span > /docs/dist/man
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< p > Or you can move man pages from docs/dist/man directory to some
other directory and add it to MANPATH.< / p >
< p > Full HTML documentation can be accessed at docs/dist/html/index.html.< / p >
< p > You can also build only man pages or only html documentation, for
only man pages run:< / p >
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< p > for only html documentation run:< / p >
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< p > You can also build man pages for types in your ~/.cdist directory:< / p >
< div class = "highlight-sh" > < div class = "highlight" > < pre > < span > < / span > make dotman
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< p > Built man pages are now in docs/dist/man directory. If you have
some other custom .cdist directory, e.g. /opt/cdist then use:< / p >
< div class = "highlight-sh" > < div class = "highlight" > < pre > < span > < / span > < span class = "nv" > DOT_CDIST_PATH< / span > < span class = "o" > =< / span > /opt/cdist make dotman
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< p > Cdist is available as a python package at
< a class = "reference external" href = "http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cdist/" > PyPi< / a > . You can install it using< / p >
< div class = "highlight-sh" > < div class = "highlight" > < pre > < span > < / span > pip install cdist
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