INSTALLATION: Thank you for trying gistore. To install, run: python setup.py install The build process can be also be run separately: python setup.py build The default prefix is generally /usr, so files would be put in /usr/bin, /usr/share/man/, etc. An alternate prefix can be specified using the --prefix=<prefix> option. For example: python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local The default prefix depends on how you (or your distribution) installed and configured Python. Suggested reading is "How installation works" from the Python docs, which includes commands to determine your default prefix: http://docs.python.org/install/index.html#how-installation-works python setup.py install --help More information about using setup.py and how gistore is installed is available from the Python guide, Installing Python Modules for System Administrators, located at http://docs.python.org/install/index.html REQUIREMENTS: *nix is support, but Windows not. You need Python, 2.5 or later is recommended. Previous versions of Python have not been tested. For Python, see http://www.python.org. Gistore is a backup system with a DVCS as backend, and git is highly recommended. Orignally or currently only git is supportted. So, you must have git installed. For git installation, see http://git-scm.com/. Gistore can *store* files and directories from any place, without copying or sync files to the gistore DVCS working tree. All the backup files and directories are mounted to the gistore DVCS working tree on the fly. Currently mount only works on *nix, so Windows is not supported. Some operations may need root privilege, such as mount, or backup system files in /etc. If you not backup system files but only your personal data run as a normal user maybe ok, with the help of bindfs or sudo. If the system has installed bindfs and fuse-utils, mount may success without root permission. If not, sudo is used. TROUBLESHOOTING: If you have everything installed properly, and it still doesn't work, see the enclosed FAQ.html, the web page at http://open.ossxp.com.