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| 1 x Installation Documentation | 1 dtrx Installation Documentation |
| 2 ============================ | 2 =============================== |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 Requirements | 4 Requirements |
| 5 ------------ | 5 ------------ |
| 6 | 6 |
| 7 To run x, you'll need Python_ 2.4 or greater. You can also use Python 2.3 | 7 dtrx will work out of the box with Python_ 2.4 or greater. You can also |
| 8 if you separately install the `subprocess module`_. | 8 use Python 2.3 if you separately install the `subprocess module`_. |
| 9 | 9 |
| 10 .. _Python: http://www.python.org/ | 10 .. _Python: http://www.python.org/ |
| 11 .. _`subprocess module`: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~astrand/popen5/ | 11 .. _`subprocess module`: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~astrand/popen5/ |
| 12 | 12 |
| 13 x calls out to different external tools to support different archive types. | 13 dtrx calls out to different external tools to support different archive |
| 14 Most of these are already installed on most GNU/Linux systems, so you | 14 types. Most of these are already installed on most GNU/Linux systems, so |
| 15 probably won't have to worry about these too much, but just for | 15 you probably won't have to worry about these too much, but just for |
| 16 completeness, the exact requirements for each format are as follows: | 16 completeness, the exact requirements for each format are as follows: |
| 17 | 17 |
| 18 tar archives | 18 tar archives |
| 19 tar | 19 tar |
| 20 | 20 |
| 28 rpm2cpio, cpio | 28 rpm2cpio, cpio |
| 29 | 29 |
| 30 deb archives | 30 deb archives |
| 31 ar, tar, zcat | 31 ar, tar, zcat |
| 32 | 32 |
| 33 gem archives | |
| 34 tar, zcat | |
| 35 | |
| 36 7z archives | |
| 37 7z | |
| 38 | |
| 39 Microsoft Cabinet archives | |
| 40 cabextract | |
| 41 | |
| 33 Files compressed with gzip or compress | 42 Files compressed with gzip or compress |
| 34 zcat | 43 zcat |
| 35 | 44 |
| 36 Files compressed with bzip2 | 45 Files compressed with bzip2 |
| 37 bzcat | 46 bzcat |
| 38 | 47 |
| 48 Files compressed with lzma | |
| 49 lzcat | |
| 50 | |
| 39 Installation | 51 Installation |
| 40 ------------ | 52 ------------ |
| 41 | 53 |
| 42 x is just a simple script, making it easy to stash wherever you need it. | 54 dtrx is just a simple script, making it easy to stash wherever you need it. |
| 43 Just copy ``scripts/x`` to a location that's convenient for you. If you'd | 55 Just copy ``scripts/dtrx`` to a location that's convenient for you. If |
| 44 like to install the program system-wide, you can run the following as root | 56 you'd like to install the program system-wide, you can run the following as |
| 45 or equivalent:: | 57 root or equivalent:: |
| 46 | 58 |
| 47 python setup.py install | 59 python setup.py install |
