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Willow Installation Instructions

Dependencies

Willow is written in python, and takes advantage of some of the new features introduced in the 2.3 version of the language. So, obviously, you'll need python 2.3 or higher. See the python website for details about upgrading if your distribution comes with an older version.

Willow

Willow is packaged as a gzipped tar file. All attempts have been made to keep the packaging platform/distribution agnostic. To install it simply extract it in the directory of your choosing. The software is pure python so there is nothing to compile.

Example:
cd /var
tar xzvf /path/to/willow-3.x.tar.gz

Example init scripts for gentoo, redhat, and slackware are in the tar file. They can be used as is by copying them to the appropriate location on the system.

You can also just run willow from the command line, typically like:
/var/willow/willow.py --config=/var/willow/willow.conf

See the documentation for information about the willow configuration file.