On Unix, Python version 2.5 or 2.6 and the Python development files must be installed.
Note
On Debian-based systems one can use apt-get install python2.5 python2.5-dev to install Python 2.5 and its development files. Geos and Postgres/Postgis are also required: sudo apt-get install libgeos-3.0.0 postgresql postgis postgresql-8.3-postgis
On Windows Python 2.5, and the Python for Windows extensions must be installed.
For Windows, we assume in the rest of this page that Python 2.5 is installed in C:\Python25.
To install MapFish, download the installation script, and execute it from a terminal.
On a Unix system:
$ python go-mapfish-framework-2.2.py --no-site-packages env
On a Windows system:
C:\> C:\Python25\python.exe go-mapfish-framework-2.2.py --no-site-packages env
This command creates a virtual Python environment named env and installs MapFish and its dependencies into it.
Note
The so-called go script actually installs two Python eggs for MapFish:
- the egg mapfish for the server framework
- the egg mapfish.plugin.client for the Javascript toolbox
Now activate the virtual environment.
On a Unix system:
$ source env/bin/activate
On a Windows system:
C:\> env\Scripts\activate.bat
You command prompt should now look like this:
(env) $
To check that MapFish is correctly installed, enter:
(env) $ paster create --list-templates
and check that the output is:
Available templates:
basic_package: A basic setuptools-enabled package
mapfish: MapFish application template
mapfish_client: MapFish client plugin template
paste_deploy: A web application deployed through paste.deploy
pylons: Pylons application template
pylons_minimal: Pylons minimal application template
MapFish is installed, congratulations!