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The whole doc is not there

but on http://www.minitage.org

Check your Python

You need a python with setuptools, zlib, bz2 and ssl support.

Try that in your interpretery:

>>> import tarfile
>>> import zipfile
>>> import bz2
>>> import _ssl
>>> import zlib
>>> import setuptools
>>>

If you do not have that, you can give a try to my pyboostrapper that bootstrap a python somewhere:

wget http://git.minitage.org/git/minitage/shell/plain/PyBootstrapper.sh
chmod -x PyBootstrapper.sh
bash ./PyBootstrapper.sh /path/to/pythonPrefix

Using virtualenv

You 'd better to use virtualenv , minitage fits well with it.

virtualenv is a tool that allow you to create isolated Python environments.

Here is how to set up an environment with it:

• Install virtualenv:

  easy_install virtualenv #(maybe use sudo ;))
  

• Install minitage prefix:

  virtualenv --no-site-packages  ~/minitage
  

• activate it:

  source ~/minitage/bin/activate
  

KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU MUST ACTIVATE VIRTUALENV AT ANY TIME YOU USE IT.

minitage installation

The whole doc is not there but on http://www.minitage.org/installation.html.

Minitage is a classical python egg, you can get it throught easy_install.

To install minitage in a stable version, follow those steps:

• Install minitage:

  easy_install -U mercurial minitage.core
  

• Sync its packages (all its minilays in minitage terminology).:

  minimerge -s
  

Syncing packages

To sync all your minilays

If you need to, fire your virtualenv:

source ~/minitage/bin/activate

Sync:

minimerge -s

2.0.28 (2012-01-23)

• Support for in place git branches [kiorky]

2.0.27 (2011-02-25)

• proper release

2.0.24

• fix bug in pretend
• move to github
• add mercurial to dependencies to facillitate buildout integration
• add python versions for pretend and 'eggs' packages
• rebuild 'eggs' packages only if they need to be (markers are now in place for the particular python version)
• remove useless mercurial dep

2.0

FEATURES;

• Auto Update system. When minimerge upgrade (easy_install -U), we have now the infrastructure to run update callbacks.
• Now minibuilds have revisions, this can facilitate their reinstallation as reverse dependencies
• give means to select the python to build against for python modules (--all-python-versions or specify python to use along with the package (minimerge -pv foo python-2.4)
• force eggs category reinstallation
• add an only dependencies switch to buld only dependencies
• win32 compatibility (first rush, alpha quality)
• add replace/per/os/dependencies mecanism in minibuilds
• allow minibuild names with only major as version

BUGS:

• support symlink in remove_path (API)
• enhance remove_path function
• fix a bug in bootstrapping buildout
• rewrite fetchers
• improve proxy handling
• fix some tests
• make parts shut up
• test incomplete downloads and redownload them (package level)
• make minibuild name more permissive
• fix bug in new checkouts
• fix a bug insde the get_from_cache helper when a fragmented url is used and the upstream server does not understand them
• add a special exception for search_latest when error happen.
• fake user agent in urlopen calls to prevent mad sysadmins restrictions on python useragent.
• explicit error when the buildout configuration file is not there
• use setuptools package_index.download helper funtion instead of directly urllib2 to avoid sourceforge download errors

1.0.19

• distribute fix

1.0.18

• remove deprecationwarning

1.0.17

• remove deprecationwarning

1.0.16

• oups, left print

1.0.15

• let the default minilay be at lower priority among all

1.0.14

• desactivating updates manager for more tests.

-> 1.0.13

• Minitage now allows binaries to be used instead of compiling programs, in the gentoo -k way.
• Minitage has now also an update manager to run udpate functions on upgrade.

1.0.5

• bugfix on url md5sum fragments

1.0.4

• make conditionnal weither we are offline or not the download in the get_from_cache function.

1.0.0 -> 1.0.3

• x64 enlightments
• add optionnal force switch to the download cache function

1.0

• some API adds like 'search_latest' and 'which'
• bugfix in interfaces for configuration handling
• buildout maker can be given an optionnal config to build
• code stabilization and sync with other minitage components
• official documentation on http://www.minitage.org

0.32

• Fetch by default over http

0.4.30

• Bind buildout newest mode with -u option

0.4.30

• do not delete directories but overwrite when the package src uri change.

0.4.29

• Make minitage lives on git

0.4.28

• Make minitage git aware both in recipes and in core.

0.4.27

• force setuptools version

0.4.26

• bugfix on common functions (API)

0.4.21

• quiet mode is now optionnal are there are numerous bugs with it.

0.4.8

• Maintenance release

  • testruner
  • buildoutified
  • some refactor and code cleanings
  • logging is now better handled and your minimerge sessions will be as quiet as possible.

0.4.5

• Bug in fetchers (not critical ...)

0.4.4

• Add an option (-f)

  • when set : fetch all before build
  • when not set : fetch and build each package one after another

0.4.2

• Remove the category check

0.4.2

• Remove the backtrace from the launcher when minimerge fails

0.4.1

• Release version

0.4_alpha12

• Fix scm type validator

0.4_alpha11

• bzr DVCS integration

0.4_alpha10

• Add support for variables in minibuilds setted in minitage configuration file. Use $name in minibuilds and set it in the [minitage.variables] section.

0.4_alpha9

• reinforce buildout code

0.4_alpha8

• restore previous version scheme

a0.4_alpha5

• add mercurial explicit dependency

0.4_alpha4

• remove old minilay

0.4_alpha1

This is a pre release, minitage is working. But it is not empty from bugs. Feel free to give your feedback :)

• Minimerge totally rewritten in python
• Support for conditionnal dependencies toward python version
• Support for eggs in addition of site-packages added to the PYTHONPATH
• Support for conditionnal (OS) dependencies
• Lot of improvments on error handling
• Logging mode
• Configuration via a file is now possible

up to 0.3

• not public, nothing to see there.