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diff --git a/docs/dev/environment.rst b/docs/dev/environment.rst index 7eafcdea..55696537 100644 --- a/docs/dev/environment.rst +++ b/docs/dev/environment.rst @@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ Setting up a Work Environment This document covers how to get an enviroment ready to contribute code to the LEAP Client. +Cloning the repo +---------------- +.. note:: + Stable releases will be in *master* branch (nothing there yet, move on!). + Development code lives in *develop* branch. + +:: + + git clone git://leap.se/leap_client + Base Dependencies ------------------ Leap client depends on these libraries: @@ -14,21 +24,43 @@ Leap client depends on these libraries: * `libgnutls` * `openvpn` +In debian-based systems:: + + $ apt-get install openvpn python-qt4 python-crypto python-gnutls + +To install the software from sources:: + + $ apt-get install python-pip python-dev libgnutls-dev + .. _virtualenv: Working with virtualenv ----------------------- -Intro to virtualenv +Intro ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -Virtualenv blah blah + +*Virtualenv* is the *Virtual Python Environment builder*. + +It is a tool to create isolated Python environments. + +The basic problem being addressed is one of dependencies and versions, and indirectly permissions. Imagine you have an application that needs version 1 of LibFoo, but another application requires version 2. How can you use both these applications? If you install everything into /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages (or whatever your platform's standard location is), it's easy to end up in a situation where you unintentionally upgrade an application that shouldn't be upgraded. + +Read more about it in the `project documentation page <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv/>`_. + + +Create and activate your dev environment +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +:: + + $ virtualenv </path/to/new/environment> + $ source </path/to/new/environment>/bin/activate Install python dependencies ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -You can install python dependencies with pip:: +You can install python dependencies with pip. If you do it inside your working environment, they will be installed avoiding the need for administrative permissions:: - $ apt-get install python-pip python-dev libgnutls-dev $ pip install -r pkg/requirements.pip .. _pyqtvirtualenv: @@ -38,7 +70,7 @@ Troubleshooting PyQt install inside a virtualenv If you attempt to install PyQt inside a virtualenv using pip, it will fail because PyQt4 does not use the standard setup.py mechanism. -As a workaround, you can run the following script after creating your virtualenv. It will symlink to your global PyQt installation (`this is the recommended way if you are running a debian-based system`):: +As a workaround, you can run the following script after creating your virtualenv. It will symlink to your global PyQt installation (*this is the recommended way if you are running a debian-based system*):: $ pkg/postmkvenv.sh @@ -52,8 +84,26 @@ Or, if you prefer, you can also download the official PyQt tarball and execute ` $ python configure.py $ make && make install +.. note:: + this section could be completed with useful options that can be passed to the virtualenv command (e.g., to make portable paths, site-packages, ...). -Cloning the repo ----------------- -`XXX` + +.. _policykit: + +Running openvpn without root privileges +--------------------------------------- + +In linux, we are using ``policykit`` to be able to run openvpn without run privileges, and a policy file is needed to be installed for that to be possible. +The setup script tries to install the policy file when installing the client system-wide, so if you have installed the client in your global site-packages at least once it should have copied this file for you. + +If you *only* are running the client from inside a virtualenv, you will need to copy this file by hand:: + + $ sudo cp pkg/linux/polkit/net.openvpn.gui.leap.policy /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/net.openvpn.gui.leap.policy + +Missing Authentication agent +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +If you are running a desktop other than gnome or unity, you might get an error saying that you are not running the authentication agent. You can launch it like this:: + + /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 & |