Basic Installation ================== These are generic installation instructions. This software uses the Python language's distutils system for installation. A detailed guide for users and system administrators to using distutils to install software can be found here: http://docs.python.org/inst/inst.html The simplest way to install this software is to run the following command as the root user: python setup.py install The setup.py script will automatically detect the directories to use for documentation, binaries and other software files. Uninstallation ============== During installation setup.py creates list of files and directories that were installed in a file called install_log.txt. python setup.py uninstall Installing into an alternate root ================================= For packaging purposes it is often very useful to be able to install all files relative not to the usual root directory (/) but into an alternative directory. python setup.py install --root=/tmp/alternativeroot/ Operation Controls ================== --verbose Print more information about what setup.py is doing. --help Print a summary of the options to setup.py, and exit.