Blink Qt Installation on Debian and Ubuntu Linux ------------------------------------------------ Copyright (c) 2010-2011 AG Projects http://ag-projects.com Home page: http://icanblink.com This document describes the installation procedure on Debian and Ubuntu operating systems from the official public repository maintained by AG Projects. Configure Repository -------------------- Install the AG Projects debian software signing key: wget http://download.ag-projects.com/agp-debian-gpg.key sudo apt-key add agp-debian-gpg.key Add these lines to /etc/apt/sources.list: Debian Unstable (Sid) --------------------- deb http://ag-projects.com/debian unstable main deb-src http://ag-projects.com/debian unstable main Ubuntu Karmic (9.10) -------------------- deb http://ag-projects.com/ubuntu karmic main deb-src http://ag-projects.com/ubuntu karmic main Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) and Maverick (10.10) ----------------------------------------- deb http://ag-projects.com/ubuntu lucid main deb-src http://ag-projects.com/ubuntu lucid main Update the list of available packages: sudo apt-get update Install Blink ------------- sudo apt-get install blink Manual Installation ------------------- Retrieve and unpack the tar archive from: http://download.ag-projects.com/Blink/Linux/ Install the runtime dependencies: * python (2.5 or 2.6) * python-application (>= 1.2.5) * python-cjson * python-eventlet-0.8 (>= 0.8.11.4) * python-qt4 (>= 4.7) * python-twisted-core (>= 8.1.0) * python-sipsimple (>= 0.18.1) * python-zope.interface After installing the above dependencies, install Blink system wide using: sudo python setup.py install Creating Debian Packages ------------------------ Install the building dependencies: * cdbs (>= 0.4.47) * debhelper (>= 7) * python-all (>= 2.5) * python-qt4 (>=4.7) * python-support * build-essential * python-all-dev * devscripts Create a clean distribution file: python setup.py sdist Go to the ./dist directory and untar the file created at the step above. Go to the newly created directory and type: debuild The .deb and related files are built in the upper directory.