Installation¶
Pre-Requirements¶
packman
uses the following 3rd party components:
- ruby - required for fpm
- fpm -main packaging framework
- pip >1.5 -to download python modules (and install packman)
- virtualenv (OPTIONAL) -to create python virtual environments.
- rubygems (OPTIONAL) -to download ruby gems
- rpmbuild (OPTIONAL) -to create rpms
- tar (OPTIONAL) -to create tars
- gzip (OPTIONAL) -to create tar.gz’s
Note
the rest of the requirements are python modules which will be installed with packman
Note
a script is provided to install the above requirements.
Installing Packman¶
You can install packman
by running pip install packman
.
Of course, you must have the prereqs installed to fully utilize packman
‘s potential...
Note
The vagrantfile provided in the github repo can supply you with a fully working packman
machine.