Puppet scripts for installing Python and configuring virtual environments
##Usage
Before usage to install Pythons from Ubuntu repository add Dead Snakes repo to sources.list: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes
See examples for details.
###python::install
Installs python
####Arguments name - Python-X.Y.Z (e.g. Python-2.7.3)
pref - path prefix where python should be installed (default /usr/local)
from_source - if true then install from sources (downloaded automaticly), false - install from ubuntu package
####Example
If you want to compile python 2.7.3 from sources and install it to /opt/local
python::install {"2.7.3":
pref => "/opt/local",
}
###python::configure
Configures python to be ready for creating virtual environments and installing new packages, namely downloads and installs distribute, pip and virtualenv.
####Arguments
name - Python-X.Y.Z (e.g. Python-2.7.3)
pref - path prefix where python should be installed (default /usr/local)
pipversion - version of PIP (default 1.1)
###python::pip
Installs package to selected interpreter/virtualenv.
####Arguments
prefix - path prefix where desired interpreter is located (default /usr/local)
short_version - 2 first digit of version of python whose corresponding pip shuold be used
####Example
If you want to install package Django 1.5 to /usr/opt/python2.6 then you write
python::pip{"installing django":
prefix=>"/usr/opt/python2.6",
short_version=>"2.6",
command=>"django==1.5",
}
###python::virtualenv
Creates virtualenv with the defined set of packages
####Argument
prefix - base python location prefix short_version - 2 first digits of python version libraries - space separated list of libraries names
####Example
If you want to create virtualenv with path /home/user/.virtualenvs/django15 with Django 1.5 and IPython 0.13 installed using python /opt/local/bin/python3.2 then you can write
python::virtualenv {"/home/user/.virtualenvs/django15":
prefix => "/opt/local",
short_version => "3.2",
libraries => "django==1.5 ipython==0.13",
}