Installing the Configobj Python Module

Overview

The Configobj Python module is used by Vital Signs to read config files.

Installing Configobj

Download the file here

Note: Contact support@vital-soft.com for the download credentials if you are prompted.

Transfer binary configobj-4.7.2.tar.gz file to /tmp

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Unzip the gz file

 $ gunzip /tmp/configobj-4.7.2.tar.gz

Untar the tar file

 $ tar -xvf /tmp/configobj-4.7.2.tar

Change directory to the directory

 $ cd /tmp/configobj-4.7.2

Install the Module

 $ python setup.py install

If there are no errors, the library was installed successfully

 Example of successful install
 # /usr/local/bin/python setup.py install
 running install
 running build
 running build_py
 running install_lib
 copying build/lib/configobj.py -> /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
 copying build/lib/validate.py -> /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
 byte-compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configobj.py to configobj.pyc
 byte-compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/validate.py to validate.pyc
 running install_egg_info
 Writing /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configobj-4.7.2-py2.7.egg-info
 #

Confirming the install

 login bolive
 python
 from configobj import ConfigObj
 quit()

 Example of a successful confirmation
 $ python
 Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 13 2013, 15:55:37) [C] on hp-ux11
 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> from configobj import ConfigObj
 >>> quit()
 $