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

Login as root to HPUX

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
 #

Verify Permissions

 login root
 cd /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
 ls -l

 Example of proper permissions:
 -rw-r--r--   1 root       sys            119 Nov 13 08:00 README
 -rw-r--r--   1 root       sys            312 Dec 18 13:05 configobj-4.6.0-py2.7.egg-info
 -rw-r--r--   1 root       sys          86447 Apr 16  2009 configobj.py
 -rw-r--r--   1 root       sys          66299 Dec 18 13:05 configobj.pyc
 drwxr-xr-x   3 root       sys           8192 Dec 16 13:56 git_remote_helpers
 -rw-r--r--   1 root       sys          46324 Mar  1  2010 validate.py
 -rw-r--r--   1 root       sys          47477 Sep 18  2012 validate.pyc

Confirming the ConfigObj module is installed

 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()
 $