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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This simple script to buildout slapos from source using 1.0 branch on 
+# /opt/slapos folder, adapt this script as you please.  
+#
+# Be carefull to not run this script were the script is already installed.
+
+# Use sudo or superuser and create slapos directory (you can pick a different directory)
+mkdir -p /opt/slapos/log/
+cd /opt/slapos/
+
+# Create buildout.cfg SlapOS bootstrap file
+echo "[buildout]
+extends = https://lab.nexedi.com/nexedi/slapos/raw/1.0/component/slapos/buildout.cfg
+" > buildout.cfg
+
+# Required in some distros such as Mandriva
+unset</span> PYTHONPATH
+unset</span> PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE
+unset</span> CONFIG_SITE
+
+#
+# Bootstrap SlapOS, using forked version of buildout.
+#
+wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/bootstrap-buildout.py
+python -S --builout-version python -S bootstrap-buildout.py --buildout-version 2.5.2+slapos009 -f http://www.nexedi.org/static/packages/source/slapos.buildout/
+
+#
+# Warning:Depending on your distribution you might need to
+# replace python by python2 in the last command. This happens when your
+# distribution considers that the standard python is the 3.x branch.
+#
+# Finally start to build
+
+bin/buildout -v