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.

Login as root to HPUX

Transfer binary configobj-4.6.0.tar.gz file to /tmp

Unzip the gz file

 $ gunzip /tmp/configobj-4.6.0.tar.gz

Untar the tar file

 $ tar -xvf /tmp/configobj-4.6.0.tar

Change directory to the directory

 $ cd /tmp/configobj-4.6.0

Install the Module

 $ python setup.py install

If there are no errors, the library was installed successfully

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()
 $