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+.. -*- mode: rst -*-
+
+.. _unsorted-install:
+
+============
+Installation
+============
+
+Prerequisites
+=============
+
+First, install the prerequisite libraries.  See the [wiki:Prereqs] page for more information.
+
+Bcfg2
+=====
+
+Before installing, you will need to choose a machine to be the Bcfg2 server.  We recommend a Linux-based machine for this purpose, but the server will work on any supported operating system.  Note that you may eventually want to run a web server on this machine for reporting and serving up package repositories.
+
+* '''From packages:''' The easiest way to install Bcfg2 is from packages for your operating system.  You can grab packages (and source packages) for various OSes from the [wiki:Download] page. Install them as you would any other packages.  The server package only needs to be installed on your designated Bcfg2 server machine; the clients package needs to be installed on any machine you plan to manage by Bcfg2.
+* '''From source:''' The Bcfg2 source tarball can also be grabbed from the [wiki:Download] page. After untarring the file, you can build Bcfg2 with {{{python setup.py install --prefix=/install/prefix}}} This will install both the client and server on that machine.
+
+Configuration
+=============
+
+Once Bcfg2 is installed, head over to the [wiki:QuickStart] to get it configured and up-and-running.
+
+
+OS X
+====
+
+Using native OS X python
+------------------------
+
+First, make sure you have Xcode installed as you need `packagemaker` which comes bundled in the Developer tools.
+
+Check out the source from subversion::
+
+    svn co https://svn.mcs.anl.gov/repos/bcfg/trunk/bcfg2
+
+Change to the osx directory and type make. Your new package should be located at bcfg2-'''$VERSION'''.pkg (where '''$VERSION''' is that which is specified in setup.py).
+
+Using macports
+--------------
+
+Once macports is installed::
+
+    port install bcfg2