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Installing Windmill

MacOSX

Pre Reqs

Install 

sudo easy_install windmill

Run 

windmill shell { firefox|safari } http://www.google.com

Linux

Pre Reqs

  • Install python and setuptools 
    sudo apt-get install python2.5
wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py
sudo python ez_setup.py

Install 

sudo easy_install windmill

Run 

windmill shell firefox http://www.google.com

Windows

Pre Reqs

  • (optional) Install cygwin: http://www.cygwin.com/
    • Install from the internet
    • Select packages to install, devel > subversion ( * NOTE: do NOT install the subversion-devel, and make all python packages are unchecked)

  • Install Python: http://www.python.org/download/
    • Add Python to your PATH
      • Right click on "My Computer".
      • Select "Properties" from the context menu.
      • In the "System Properties" dialog box, click on the "Advanced" tab.
      • Click on the "Environment Variables" button.
      • Highlight the "Path" Variable in "System variables" section.
      • Click the "Edit" button.
      • Append the following lines to the text inside the "Variable value" text box semi-colon delimited. 
        C:\Python25\
C:\Python25\Scripts\
      • *NOTE: If either entry already exists in the text box, do not add a redundant copy.
  • Click "OK" on the "Edit System Variable" dialog box then "OK" on the "Environment Variables" dialog box to commit the changes.

Install 

easy_install windmill

Run 

windmill shell {browser: ie || firefox} http://www.google.com

What do I do now?

The Windmill functionality is explained in depth in The Windmill Book