vmtp/doc/source/installation.rst

Installation

Installing on Ubuntu/Debian

sudo apt-get install python-dev python-virtualenv git git-review
sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libffi-dev libz-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev
# create a virtual environment
virtualenv ./vmtpenv
source ./vmtpenv/bin/activate
git clone git://git.openstack.org/stackforge/vmtp
cd vmtp
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
python vmtp.py -h

Installing on MacOSX

VMTP can run natively on MacOSX. These instructions have been verified to work on MacOSX 10.10 (Yosemite).

First download XCode from Apple Store.

# Download the XCode command line tools 
code-select --install
# Install pip
sudo easy_install pip
# Install python virtualenv
sudo pip install virtualenv
# create a virtual environment
virtualenv ./vmtpenv
source ./vmtpenv/bin/activate
git clone git://git.openstack.org/stackforge/vmtp
cd vmtp
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
python vmtp.py -h