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diff --git a/sites/www/installing-1.x.rst b/sites/www/installing-1.x.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..356fac49 --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/www/installing-1.x.rst @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +Installing (1.x) +================ + +.. note:: Installing Paramiko 2.0 or above? See :doc:`installing` instead. + +This document includes legacy notes on installing Paramiko 1.x (specifically, +1.13 and up). Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to 2.0 when possible; +PyCrypto (the dependency covered below) is no longer maintained and contains +security vulnerabilities. + +General install notes +===================== + +* Python 2.6+ and 3.3+ are supported; Python <=2.5 and 3.0-3.2 are **not + supported**. +* See the note in the main install doc about :ref:`release-lines` for details + on specific versions you may want to install. + + .. note:: 1.x will eventually be entirely end-of-lifed. +* Paramiko 1.7-1.14 have only one dependency: :ref:`pycrypto`. +* Paramiko 1.15+ (not including 2.x and above) add a second, pure-Python + dependency: the ``ecdsa`` module, trivially installable via PyPI. +* Paramiko 1.15+ (again, not including 2.x and up) also allows you to + optionally install a few more dependencies to gain support for + :ref:`GSS-API/Kerberos <gssapi-on-1x>`. +* Users on Windows may want to opt for the :ref:`pypm` approach. + + +.. _pycrypto: + +PyCrypto +======== + +`PyCrypto <https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/>`__ provides the low-level +(C-based) encryption algorithms we need to implement the SSH protocol. There +are a couple gotchas associated with installing PyCrypto: its compatibility +with Python's package tools, and the fact that it is a C-based extension. + +C extension +----------- + +Unless you are installing from a precompiled source such as a Debian apt +repository or RedHat RPM, or using :ref:`pypm <pypm>`, you will also need the +ability to build Python C-based modules from source in order to install +PyCrypto. Users on **Unix-based platforms** such as Ubuntu or Mac OS X will +need the traditional C build toolchain installed (e.g. Developer Tools / XCode +Tools on the Mac, or the ``build-essential`` package on Ubuntu or Debian Linux +-- basically, anything with ``gcc``, ``make`` and so forth) as well as the +Python development libraries, often named ``python-dev`` or similar. + +Slow vs fast crypto math +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +PyCrypto attempts to use the ``gmp`` C math library if it is present on your +system, which enables what it internally calls "fastmath" (``_fastmath.so``). +When those headers are not available, it falls back to "slowmath" +(``_slowmath.py``) which is a pure-Python implementation. + +Real-world tests have shown significant benefits to using the C version of this +code; thus we strongly recommend you install the ``gmp`` development headers +**before** installing Paramiko/PyCrypto. E.g.:: + + $ apt-get install libgmp-dev # or just apt + $ yum install gmp-devel # or dnf + $ brew install gmp + +If you're unsure which version of math you've ended up with, a quick way to +check is to examine whether ``_fastmath.so`` or ``_slowmath.py`` appears in the +output of:: + + from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA + print(RSA._impl._math) + +Windows +~~~~~~~ + +For **Windows** users we recommend using :ref:`pypm`, installing a C +development environment such as `Cygwin <http://cygwin.com>`_ or obtaining a +precompiled Win32 PyCrypto package from `voidspace's Python modules page +<http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/modules.shtml#pycrypto>`_. + +.. note:: + Some Windows users whose Python is 64-bit have found that the PyCrypto + dependency ``winrandom`` may not install properly, leading to ImportErrors. + In this scenario, you'll probably need to compile ``winrandom`` yourself + via e.g. MS Visual Studio. See `Fabric #194 + <https://github.com/fabric/fabric/issues/194>`_ for info. + + +.. _pypm: + +ActivePython and PyPM +===================== + +Windows users who already have ActiveState's `ActivePython +<http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads>`_ distribution installed +may find Paramiko is best installed with `its package manager, PyPM +<http://code.activestate.com/pypm/>`_. Below is example output from an +installation of Paramiko via ``pypm``:: + + C:\> pypm install paramiko + The following packages will be installed into "%APPDATA%\Python" (2.7): + paramiko-1.7.8 pycrypto-2.4 + Get: [pypm-free.activestate.com] paramiko 1.7.8 + Get: [pypm-free.activestate.com] pycrypto 2.4 + Installing paramiko-1.7.8 + Installing pycrypto-2.4 + C:\> + + +.. _gssapi-on-1x: + +Optional dependencies for GSS-API / SSPI / Kerberos +=================================================== + +First, see the main install doc's notes: :ref:`gssapi` - everything there is +required for Paramiko 1.x as well. + +Additionally, users of Paramiko 1.x, on all platforms, need a final dependency: +`pyasn1 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyasn1>`_ ``0.1.7`` or better. |