ReferencePlatforms/BuildBot/MacOSX

Buildbot Reference Install Instructions - MacOSX

Starting point is the MacOSX Reference Platform. NOTE: Python 2.3.5 (#1, Aug 19 2006, 21:31:42)

Download Twisted sources

http://tmrc.mit.edu/mirror/twisted/Twisted/2.5/Twisted-2.5.0.tar.bz2

Unpack and build Twisted

mkdir -p /tools
cd /tools
tar xjf ~/Desktop/Twisted-2.5.0.tar.bz2
cd Twisted-2.5.0
cd zope.interface-3.30
sudo python setup.py install
cd ..
sudo python setup.py install

Checkout BuildBot sources from Moz CVS

cd /tools
cvs -d :ext:cltbld@cvs.mozilla.org:/cvsroot co -d buildbot mozilla/tools/buildbot

Build BuildBot

cd /builds/buildbot/mozilla/tools/buildbot
sudo python setup.py install

Add buildbot to $PATH

Edit the $PATH in your .profile to include:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin

You should then be able to execute the following:

bm-xserve10:~ cltbld$ buildbot --version
Buildbot version: 0.7.5
Twisted version: 2.5.0