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| 2 Introduction | 2 Introduction |
| 3 ============ | 3 ============ |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 psutil is a module providing an interface for retrieving information on running | 5 psutil is a module providing an interface for retrieving information on running |
| 6 processes in a portable way by using Python. | 6 processes in a portable way by using Python. |
| 7 It currently supports Linux, OS X, FreeBSD and Windows. | 7 It currently supports Linux, OS X, FreeBSD and Windows. |
| 8 | 8 |
| 9 psutil website is at http://code.google.com/p/psutil/ | 9 psutil website is at http://code.google.com/p/psutil/ |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 The following document describes how to compile and install psutil from sources | 11 The following document describes how to compile and install psutil from sources |
| 12 on different platforms. | 12 on different platforms. |
| 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 Using easy_install | 15 Using easy_install |
| 16 ================== | 16 ================== |
| 17 | 17 |
| 18 The easiest way to install psutil from sources is using easy_install. | 18 The easiest way to install psutil from sources is using easy_install. |
| 19 Get the latest easy_install version from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools | 19 Get the latest easy_install version from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools |
| 20 and just run: | 20 and just run: |
| 21 | 21 |
| 22 > python easy_install psutil | 22 > easy_install psutil |
| 23 | 23 |
| 24 This should get the most updated psutil version from the Python pypi repository, | 24 This should get the most updated psutil version from the Python pypi repository, |
| 25 unpack it, compile it and install it automatically. | 25 unpack it, compile it and install it automatically. |
| 26 | 26 |
| 27 | 27 |
| 28 Installing on Windows using mingw32 | 28 Installing on Windows using mingw32 |
| 29 =================================== | 29 =================================== |
| 30 | 30 |
| 31 After the mingw [1] environment is properly set up on your system you can | 31 After the mingw [1] environment is properly set up on your system you can |
| 32 compile Windows sources by entering: | 32 compile Windows sources by entering: |
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| 74 Installing on OS X | 74 Installing on OS X |
| 75 ================== | 75 ================== |
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| 77 OS X installation from source will require gcc which you can obtain as part of | 77 OS X installation from source will require gcc which you can obtain as part of |
| 78 the 'XcodeTools' installer from Apple. Then you can run the standard distutils | 78 the 'XcodeTools' installer from Apple. Then you can run the standard distutils |
| 79 commands: | 79 commands: |
| 80 | 80 |
| 81 to build only: | 81 to build only: |
| 82 | 82 |
| 83 > ./setup.py build | 83 > python setup.py build |
| 84 | 84 |
| 85 to install and build: | 85 to install and build: |
| 86 | 86 |
| 87 > ./setup.py install | 87 > python setup.py install |
| 88 | 88 |
| 89 NOTE: due to developer's hardware limitations psutil has only been compiled and | 89 NOTE: due to developer's hardware limitations psutil has only been compiled and |
| 90 tested on OS X 10.4.11 so may or may not work on other versions. | 90 tested on OS X 10.4.11 so may or may not work on other versions. |
| 91 | 91 |
| 92 | 92 |
| 93 Installing on FreeBSD | 93 Installing on FreeBSD |
| 94 ===================== | 94 ===================== |
| 95 | 95 |
| 96 The same compiler used to install Python must be present on the system in order | 96 The same compiler used to install Python must be present on the system in order |
| 97 to build modules using distutils. Assuming it is installed, you can build using | 97 to build modules using distutils. Assuming it is installed, you can build using |
| 98 the standard distutils commands: | 98 the standard distutils commands: |
| 99 | 99 |
| 100 build only: | 100 build only: |
| 101 | 101 |
| 102 > ./setup.py build | 102 > python setup.py build |
| 103 | 103 |
| 104 install and build: | 104 install and build: |
| 105 | 105 |
| 106 > ./setup.py install | 106 > python setup.py install |
| 107 | 107 |
| 108 | 108 |
| 109 Installing on Linux | 109 Installing on Linux |
| 110 =================== | 110 =================== |
| 111 | 111 |
| 112 Standard distutils installation steps should apply here. At the current time | 112 gcc is required and so the python headers. They can easily be installed by using |
| 113 the Linux port of psutil does not require any C modules, so can be installed | 113 the distro package manager. For example, on Ubuntu: |
| 114 without need for a compiler using disutils: | |
| 115 | 114 |
| 116 install/build: | 115 > sudo apt-get install python-dev |
| 117 | 116 |
| 118 > ./setup.py install | 117 Once done, you can install/build psutil with: |
| 118 |
| 119 > python setup.py install |
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