Tutorial¶

This tutorial is an introduction to the basic concepts around Uranium.

Let’s start with a simple example: setting up a virtualenv and install an egg.

unix-based commands are used for the tutorial, but this documentation attempts to describe these steps so they can be easily replicated on other operating systems.

For the purpose of the tutorial, let’s create a root directory:

$ mkdir -p /tmp/uranium-tut/ && cd /tmp/uranium-tut/

Start by downloading the uranium script. The uranium script is a python wrapper around the uranium library that handles the following:

downloading and setting up a virtualenv
installing the uranium script into the virtualenv
running uranium for the first time.

You can get the uranium script here:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/toumorokoshi/uranium/master/uranium/scripts/uranium

You should download a copy and add the script into the root directory:

$ curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/toumorokoshi/uranium/master/uranium/scripts/uranium > uranium
$ chmod +x uranium  # the script should be executable.

Now you need a ubuild.py file. Let’s make one now:

$ touch ubuild.py

And we’ll need to fill it in with at the very least, a main function:

def main(build):
    print("uranium works!")

Now, you can run uranium. Try it now:

$ ./uranium
installing virtualenv...
setting up uranium...
done!
[HH:MM:SS] ================
[HH:MM:SS] STARTING URANIUM
[HH:MM:SS] ================
[HH:MM:SS] uranium works!
[HH:MM:SS] ================
[HH:MM:SS] URANIUM FINISHED
[HH:MM:SS] ================

And congrats, you’ve had your first Uranium run! Uranium read the ubuild.py, found the main function, and executed it. However, the only result is having a set up virtualenv. The next step is working or real functionality.

Developing and Installing Eggs¶

We started with an empty main method. To add eggs and develop-eggs, you can use the packages attribute of build:

def main(build):
build.packages.install("nose", version="==1.3.4")

And let’s run uranium again:

$ ./uranium
setting up uranium...
done!
[HH:MM:SS] ================
[HH:MM:SS] STARTING URANIUM
[HH:MM:SS] ================
[HH:MM:SS] installing eggs...
[HH:MM:SS] Adding requirement nose==1.3.4...
[HH:MM:SS] ================
[HH:MM:SS] URANIUM FINISHED
[HH:MM:SS] ================

If you want to install an egg for development purposes, you can use:

def main(build):
    build.packages.install(".", develop=True)

Executing Different Tasks¶

the ubuild.py can define other methods, and they can be executed as well. Any method that accepts a single parameter build can be a task that’s executed:

import subprocess

# $ uranium
def main(build):
    print("this is the main method!")
    return 0

# $ uranium test
def test(build):
    build.packages.install("nose")

    # the return code is the integer returned
    # back.
    build.executables.run(["nose"])