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Installing Bazaar

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Linux

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Bazaar packages are available for most popular Linux distributions

including Ubuntu/Debian, Red Hat and Gentoo.

See http://bazaar-vcs.org/Download for the latest instructions.

Windows

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For Windows users, an installer is available that includes

the core Bazaar package together with necessary pre-requisites

and some useful plug-ins.

See http://bazaar-vcs.org/Download for the latest instructions.

Note: If you are running Cygwin on Windows, a Bazaar for Cygwin package

is available and ought to be used instead of the Windows version.

Other operating systems

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Beyond Linux and Windows, Bazaar packages are available for a large

range of other operating systems include Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Solaris.

See http://bazaar-vcs.org/Download for the latest instructions.

Installing from scratch

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If you wish to install Bazaar from scratch rather than using a

pre-built package, the steps are:

  1. If it is not installed already, install Python 2.4 or later.

  2. Download the ``bazaar-xxx.tar.gz`` file (where xxx is the version

     number) from http://bazaar-vcs.org/Download or from Launchpad

     (https://launchpad.net/~bzr/).

  3. Unpack the archive using tar, WinZip or equivalent.

  4. Put the created directory on your PATH.

To test the installation, try running the **bzr** command like this::

  bzr version

This will display the version of Bazaar you have installed. If this

doesn't work, please contact us via email or IRC so we can help you

get things working.

Installing into site-wide locations

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Instead of adding the directory to your PATH, you can install bzr into the

system locations using::

  python setup.py install

If you do not have a compiler, or do not have the python development tools

installed, bzr supplies a (slower) pure-python implementation of all

extensions. You can install without compiling extensions with::

  python setup.py install build_ext --allow-python-fallback

Running the development version

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You may wish to always be using the very latest development version of

Bazaar. Note that this is not recommended for

the majority of users as there is an increased risk of bugs. On the other

hand, the development version is remarkably solid (thanks to the processes

we follow) and running it makes it easier for you to send us changes for

bugs and improvements. It also helps us by having more people testing

the latest software.

Here are the steps to follow:

  1. Install Bazaar using one of the methods given above.

  2. Get a copy of the development version like this::

       bzr branch http://bazaar-vcs.org/bzr/bzr.dev

  3. Put the created directory (bzr.dev) on your PATH.

Advanced users may also wish to build the optional C extensions for greater

speed. This can be done using ``make`` and requires ``pyrex`` and a C compiler.

Please contact us on email or IRC if you need assistance with this.

Running multiple versions

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It's easy to have multiple versions of Bazaar installed and to switch

between them. To do this,

simply provide the full pathname to the **bzr** command you wish to run.

The relevant libraries will be automatically detected and used. Of course,

if you do not provide a pathname, then the **bzr** used will be the one

found on your system path as normal.

Note that this capability is particularly useful if you wish to run

(or test) both the latest released version and the development version say.