3 """Software Carpentry Windows Installer
5 Helps mimic a *nix environment on Windows with as little work as possible.
8 * Installs nano and makes it accessible from msysgit
9 * Provides standard nosetests behavior for msysgit
13 1. Install Python, IPython, and Nose. An easy way to do this is with
14 the Anaconda CE Python distribution
15 http://continuum.io/anacondace.html
17 http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list?q=full+installer+official+git
18 3. Run swc_windows_installer.py
19 You should be able to simply double click the file in Windows
24 from io import BytesIO as _BytesIO
25 except ImportError: # Python 2
26 from StringIO import StringIO as _BytesIO
29 from urllib.request import urlopen as _urlopen
30 except ImportError: # Python 2
31 from urllib2 import urlopen as _urlopen
35 def install_nano(install_directory):
36 """Download and install the nano text editor"""
37 url = "http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.2/NT/nano-2.2.6.zip"
39 nano_zip_content = _BytesIO(r.read())
40 nano_zip = zipfile.ZipFile(nano_zip_content)
41 nano_files = ['nano.exe', 'cygwin1.dll', 'cygintl-8.dll',
42 'cygiconv-2.dll', 'cyggcc_s-1.dll']
43 os.makedirs(install_directory)
44 for file_name in nano_files:
45 nano_zip.extract(file_name, install_directory)
48 def create_nosetests_entry_point(python_scripts_directory):
49 """Creates a terminal-based nosetests entry point for msysgit"""
50 contents = '\n'.join([
51 '#!/usr/bin/env/ python',
54 "if __name__ == '__main__':",
55 ' sys.exit(nose.core.main())',
58 with open(os.path.join(python_scripts_directory, 'nosetests'), 'w') as f:
62 def update_bash_profile(extra_paths=()):
63 """Create or append to a .bash_profile for Software Carpentry
65 Adds nano to the path, sets the default editor to nano, and adds
66 additional paths for other executables.
70 '# Add paths for Software-Carpentry-installed scripts and executables',
71 'export PATH=$PATH:{}'.format(':'.join(
72 make_posix_path(path) for path in extra_paths),),
74 '# Make nano the default editor',
78 config_path = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.bash_profile')
79 with open(config_path, 'a') as f:
80 f.write('\n'.join(lines))
82 def make_posix_path(windows_path):
83 """Convert a Windows path to a posix path"""
84 return windows_path.replace('\\', '/').replace('C:', '/c')
88 swc_dir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.swc')
89 bin_dir = os.path.join(swc_dir, 'bin')
90 create_nosetests_entry_point(python_scripts_directory=bin_dir)
91 nano_dir = os.path.join(swc_dir, 'lib', 'nano')
92 install_nano(installation_directory=nano_dir)
93 update_bash_profile(extra_paths=(nano_dir, bin_dir))
96 if __name__ == '__main__':