https://github.com/multani/buildout-bootstrap-virtualenv

A virtualenv-ized bootstrap script for Buildout's bootstrap
https://github.com/multani/buildout-bootstrap-virtualenv

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A virtualenv-ized bootstrap script for Buildout's bootstrap

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/multani/buildout-bootstrap-virtualenv
• Owner: multani
• License: bsd-2-clause
• Created: 2014-12-17T11:52:05.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-07-22T08:26:28.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-23T02:25:01.777Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 156 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.rst
  • License: LICENSE

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A virtualenv-ized bootstrap script for Buildout's bootstrap

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Or a meta-bootstrap...

What is this?

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This is a script which automates the creation of a `virtualenv`_ from which

`Buildout`_ is going to be installed and initialized.

Why would I need this?

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If you want a completely repeatable `Buildout`_ environment, you should probably

rely on using `virtualenv`_ first, to have a empty, basic, Python environment,

isolated from the rest of your system, from which you can run `Buildout`_'s own

bootstrap and then finally `Buildout`_ itself.

As it can be a bit daunting to set up everything each times, this script simply

tries to automate the whole process.

How do I use it?

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Simply download it, and run::

    python bootstrap-venv.py

It will creates the `virtualenv`_ (in `parts/venv/`), download a `Buildout`_'s

`bootstrap`_ file, and execute it, using the Python installed in the

`virtualenv`_ created above. You can also specify another directory to bootstrap

the whole thing in::

    python bootstrap-venv.py some-directory

It does the same, only in the `some-directory` directory.

As an additional feature, if `virtualenv`_ itself is not available, it will also

**bootstrap** `virtualenv`_ itself, before doing anything else. So basically, as

soon as you only have a bare Python installation, you can use this script to

have a customizable, isolated, working environment.

Why do I need to use this?

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Really, you just need a plain `Python 2.x Python 3.x

`_. It's supposed to

download the rest automatically.

It's just awesome, can I really rely on this?

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It started as a proof-of-concept, so it *works for me* ® but your mileage may

vary. Feel free to open issue or better yet, send me patches or pull requests!

The code is available under the Simplified BSD License. See the :file:`LICENSE`

file for more information.

.. _virtualenv: http://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/

.. _buildout: http://www.buildout.org

.. _bootstrap: https://bootstrap.pypa.io/bootstrap-buildout.py