See, it'd be great to get prebuilt packages for mac users. I tried everything u suggested and the error is still the same. Is there a screencast of building and installing tahoe-LAFS on mac os x 10.8 ? What about on mavericks? Will it work then?
On Thursday, July 18, 2013, Daira Hopwood wrote: > On 18/07/13 02:55, Zooko O'Whielacronx wrote: > > Correct: "python setup.py install" will not work without sudo or root > > privileges. However, "python setup.py build" *will* work without sudo > > or root privileges. The instructions ¹ do not instruct the user to run > > "python setup.py install"! > > > > However, users often run "python setup.py install" even though the > > instructions don't say to, and they often put "sudo" before "python > > setup.py build" even though the instructions don't say to. So, I'm > > kind of despairing of if there is any way to instruct users in how to > > build and use a Python program from source… > > So here's a proposal. > > Alias 'really-install-without-dependencies' to zetuptoolz' "install" > command in setup.cfg. Then make 'python setup.py install' do nothing > except print a message similar to the following (replacing "bin/tahoe" > with "bin\tahoe" if on Windows): > > > The recommended ways to use Tahoe-LAFS are either to run > 'python setup.py build' as a normal user (and then access the > Tahoe-LAFS CLI using 'bin/tahoe'), or to install your operating > system package manager's 'tahoe-lafs' package. > > 'python setup.py install' would normally install only Tahoe-LAFS > itself, not its dependencies. This often results in a broken > installation, but if it is really what you wanted to do, then run > the following command (as superuser, or as a normal user if > installing into a virtualenv): > > python setup.py really-install-without-dependencies > > -- > Daira Hopwood ⚥ > >
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