Download Source

From Xibo

The Xibo source code is hosted on the Launchpad platform, and we use Bazaar for source control. Getting Xibo's sources is straightforward and doesn’t require any registration.

This wiki page is based heavily on the Gephi wiki page Checkout Code - CC-BY-NC 3.0 license.

Contents 1 Choosing a Branch 1.1 Latest Development Code 1.2 Stable Release Series 2 Windows 2.1 Step 1: Install Bazaar 2.2 Step 2: Checkout code 3 Mac OS X 3.1 Step 1: Install Bazaar 3.2 Step 2: Checkout code 4 Linux 4.1 Step 1: Install Bazaar 4.2 Step 2: Checkout code 5 About 5.1 Bazaar 5.2 Launchpad

Choosing a Branch

Latest Development Code

The latest development code is always at lp:xibo. Use lp:xibo when branching in the instructions below.

Stable Release Series

At the time of writing, Xibo 1.2 series is the current stable and 1.0 series is the old stable version. To get a specific series, append a /series.number, eg lp:xibo/1.2 or lp:xibo/1.0 and use that when branching in the instructions below. A complete list of branches you may use is on the Launchpad Code site here [1].

Windows

Step 1: Install Bazaar

1. Go on Bazaar website and get latest stable standalone release.
2. Run Bazaar setup and follow the steps. Be sure to include Bazaar Explorer GUI application.

Bazaar setup step 1

Bazaar setup step 2

Bazaar setup step 3

Step 2: Checkout code

1. In Start menu, run Bazaar Explorer.
2. Select Get project source from elsewhere and click on Checkout.
3. In the Branch source text filed, enter lp:xibo or the branch you want to get (see Choosing a Branch above). That command specify that you are requesting Xibo main branch on Launchpad (lp). In the Local directory, you can specify a different destination folder.
4. Click on OK, that download Xibo complete source code from Launchpad to your destination folder. Go to the directory, you should see the code.

Bazaar explorer step 1

Bazaar explorer step 2

Bazaar explorer step 3

Bazaar explorer finished

Mac OS X

Step 1: Install Bazaar

1. Go on Bazaar website and get application bundle for your system.
2. Open Bazaar bundle and run installer by clicking on PKG file. Follow the installer steps.

Bazaar setup

Step 2: Checkout code

1. Bazaar is installed on the system, you need to run Bazaar Explorer from terminal. Go to Applications > Utilities and select Terminal. You can also launch Terminal by using Spotlight, look for Terminal application.
2. In the terminal, write bzr explorer and type Enter.
3. In Bazaar Explorer, select Get project source from elsewhere and click on Checkout.
4. In the Branch source text filed, enter lp:xibo or the branch you want to get (see Choosing a Branch above).

That command specify that you are requesting Xibo main branch on Launchpad (lp). In the Local directory, you can specify a different destination folder.

1. Click on OK, that download Xibo complete source code from Launchpad to your destination folder. Go to the directory, you should see the code.

Bazaar explorer step 1

Bazaar explorer step 2

Bazaar explorer step 3

Bazaar explorer finished

Linux

Step 1: Install Bazaar

Go on Bazaar website and follow your distribution instructions.

Step 2: Checkout code

Open a terminal, then:

• Get source code

bzr branch lp:xibo

or the branch you want to get (see Choosing a Branch above). The source code will then download in to a new folder called xibo in the current directory.

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