Install batou's requirements on Fedora / openSUSE / RHEL / CentOS ----------------------------------------------------------------- On rpm-based Linux distributions software packages are usually installed using `yum `_. .. note:: RPM-based environments are not native for any of the developers and not tested systematically. Let us know if any of this information is incorrect and we'll gladly update this. Python 3 ~~~~~~~~ In many distributions, Python 3 should ship as the default system Python and should therefore already be installed. If not, you can install it by executing: .. code-block:: bash sudo yum install python-devel .. note:: Although installing using ``sudo yum install python`` would be sufficient, we choose to ``python-devel`` because having the additional development packages installed does not hurt and may help in situations that require functionality that is not included in the base package. virtualenv ~~~~~~~~~~ virtualenv creates isolated environments for Python, where you can install and upgrade libraries isolated from the system libraries and other environments on the system. You can install virtualenv by executing: .. code-block:: bash sudo yum install python-virtualenv Mercurial ~~~~~~~~~ Mercurial is a distributed source control management tool. You can install Mercurial by executing: .. code-block:: bash sudo yum install mercurial SSH client ~~~~~~~~~~ The OpenSSH client should ship with nearly any distribution and should already be installed. If not, you can install it by executing: .. code-block:: bash sudo yum install openssh-clients Git ~~~ Git is a distributed revision control and source code management system. You can install Git by executing: .. code-block:: bash sudo yum install git In some cases you may want more functionality than the basic ``git`` package offers. To get a list of software packages related to ``git``, execute: .. code-block:: bash sudo yum search git | grep ^git You can then install the respective package with ``yum`` like we did for ``git``. make ~~~~ GNU Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files. It is typically available on nearly any Linux distribution. Since it is heavily involved in self-compiling software, it is advisable to additionally install a useful set of packages that helps compiling software: .. code-block:: bash sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools" Alternatively, you can install the most basic tools for compiling software by executing: .. code-block:: bash sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel NRPE ~~~~ NRPE is an add-on for Nagios that allows you to execute plugins and commands on remote Linux/Unix machines. NRPE can be installed by executing: .. code-block:: bash sudo yum install nrpe rsync ~~~~~ rsync is a file synchronization and file transfer program for Unix-like systems. You can install rsync by executing: .. code-block:: bash sudo yum install rsync Subversion ~~~~~~~~~~ Subversion is a software versioning and revision control system. To install it, execute: .. code-block:: bash sudo yum install subversion .. note:: Additionally installing the package ``subversion-tools`` may be helpful when you need more functionality and helper tools for Subversion. UnZip ~~~~~ UnZip is an extraction utility for archives compressed in .zip format. You can install it by executing: .. code-block:: bash sudo yum install unzip Tar ~~~ GNU Tar provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as various other kinds of manipulation. It should already ship with nearly any Linux distribution. If not, you can install it by executing: .. code-block:: bash sudo yum install tar