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2 Introduction | 2 Introduction |
3 ============ | 3 ============ |
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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. |
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9 psutil website is at http://code.google.com/p/psutil/ | 9 psutil website is at http://code.google.com/p/psutil/ |
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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. |
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15 Using easy_install | 15 Using easy_install |
16 ================== | 16 ================== |
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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: |
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22 > python easy_install psutil | 22 > easy_install psutil |
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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. |
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28 Installing on Windows using mingw32 | 28 Installing on Windows using mingw32 |
29 =================================== | 29 =================================== |
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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: |
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81 to build only: | 81 to build only: |
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83 > ./setup.py build | 83 > python setup.py build |
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85 to install and build: | 85 to install and build: |
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87 > ./setup.py install | 87 > python setup.py install |
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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. |
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93 Installing on FreeBSD | 93 Installing on FreeBSD |
94 ===================== | 94 ===================== |
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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: |
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100 build only: | 100 build only: |
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102 > ./setup.py build | 102 > python setup.py build |
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104 install and build: | 104 install and build: |
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106 > ./setup.py install | 106 > python setup.py install |
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109 Installing on Linux | 109 Installing on Linux |
110 =================== | 110 =================== |
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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: | |
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116 install/build: | 115 > sudo apt-get install python-dev |
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118 > ./setup.py install | 117 Once done, you can install/build psutil with: |
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| 119 > python setup.py install |
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