Requirements

• Python
• Cherry Pie
• Genshi
• Routes
• MySQL
• MySQL for Python
• python-markdown2
• PyBrowserID

Install and Config of Prereqs

These instructions are currently OSX specific.

1. Python Python is preinstalled on OSX.

2. Cherry Pie a. Download from http://download.cherrypy.org/cherrypy/3.2.2/ b. Installation instructions at http://docs.cherrypy.org/stable/intro/install.html

3. Genshi sudo easy_install Genshi

4. Routes sudo easy_install Routes

5.MySQL a. Download from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ b. Run the dmg installer c. Launch MySQL sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe d. Create a MySQL user mysql --user=root mysql CREATE USER 'user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'pass'; mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON . TO 'user'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION; e. Set up MySQL client sudo ln -s /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib

6. MySQL for Python a. Download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python/ b. Follow installation instructions in INSTALL

7. python-markdown2 a. clone from https://github.com/trentm/python-markdown2 b. sudo python setup.py install (pass --user to install it without sudo)

8. PyBrowserID a. either easy_install PyBrowserID or b. clone https://github.com/mozilla/PyBrowserID and python setup.py install

9. Human-datetimedelta a. easy_install pytz

Weekly Updates Config

1. Create the database run mysql dbschema.sql
2. Make a config file a. cp weeklyupdates.config.sample weeklyupdates.config b. Update host to localhost and specify user and passwd
3. Create directory specified in config file tools.sessions.storage_path

Launch Weekly Updates

python start.py -a weeklyupdates.config