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Prerequisites
To use the LBRYWallet, which enables spending and accepting LBRYcrds in exchange for data, the LBRYcrd application (insert link to LBRYcrd website here) must be installed and running. If this is not desired, the testing client can be used to simulate trading points, which is built into LBRYnet.
on Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install libgmp3-dev build-essential python-dev python-pip
Getting the source
Don't you already have it?
Setting up the environment
It's recommended that you use a virtualenv
sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv
cd <source base directory>
virtualenv .
source bin/activate
(to deactivate the virtualenv, enter 'deactivate')
python setup.py install
this will install all of the libraries and a few applications
For running the file sharing application, see RUNNING
On windows:
Install mingw32 base and c++ compiler.
Add C:\MinGW\bin to the windows PATH.
Enable distutils to compile with mingw32 by creating a distutils.cfg file in PYTHONPATH\Lib\distutils containing
[build]
compiler = mingw32
If using virtualenv, copy the PYTHONPATH\Lib\distutils directory to the virtualenv.
It's recommended to use Unofficial Windows Binaries for Python Extension Packages for as many of the required packages as possible. Currently, available binaries include:
- Cython
- Twisted
- Zope.interface
- pywin32
- Yapsy
- cx_Freeze
- requests
- gmpy
Install the each of the preceding binaries with pip install *.whl
Install pywin32 system files by run python.exe Scripts\pywin32_postinstall.py -install from an elevated command prompt.
Install the rest of the required modules with the standard pip install module command
The one module which requires additional work is miniupnpc.
Download the source and compile with MinGW by running mingw32make.bat
Then install the module by running python setupmingw32.py install