doc/web/source/download.rst
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Downloading vmm
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Current version
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|curr_vers_rel_date|
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|rel_hist|
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Download a gzip compressed archive
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vmm could be downloaded from the `download page`_ at `SourceForge`_. To
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extract the downloaded archive use ``tar xzf vmm-0.6.0.tar.gz``. This will
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create the new directory :file:`vmm-0.6.0` in the current working directory.
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Verify the downloaded archive
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If you have downloaded the archive from the download site you can
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optionally verify the integrity_ of this archive.
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In order to verify the integrity of the archive you have to download the
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corresponding signature file (:file:`vmm-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig`) too.
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The signature can be verified using GPG_ or PGP_.
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For example to check the signature of the archive :file:`vmm-0.6.0.tar.gz`
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you can execute this command ``gpg --verify vmm-0.6.0.tar.gz.sig``.
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The tarball was signed by Pascal Volk (ID: CEC0904E).
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You can fetch the public key from a key server using the command
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``gpg --recv-keys 0xCEC0904E``.
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Get vmm from the Mercurial repository
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To get a tagged clone of the current vmm release from the Mercurial_
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repository use:
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``hg clone http://hg.localdomain.org/vmm/ -r vmm-0.6.0 vmm-0.6.0``.
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This will put the files into the new created directory :file:`vmm-0.6.0`.
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When you omit the ``-r vmm-0.6.0`` option, you will get the latest changes
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from the `vmm repository`_. This code may work for you or not.
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.. include:: substitutions.rst
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.. include:: ext_references.rst