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-= INSTALLATION =
+= GETTING STARTED =
-Extract the release archive into a directory of your choice and set
-your PYTHONPATH accordingly:
+1. Make sure the Qpid Python client libraries are on your PYTHONPATH:
- tar -xzf qpid-python-<version>.tar.gz -C <install-prefix>
- export PYTHONPATH=<install-prefix>/qpid-<version>/python
+$ export PYTHONPATH=/home/me/qpid-0.8/python
-= GETTING STARTED =
+2. Make sure a broker is running
-The python client includes a simple hello-world example that publishes
-and consumes a message:
+3. Run the 'hello' example from qpid-0.8/python/examples/api:
+
+$ ./hello
+Hello world!
- cp <install-prefix>/qpid-<version>/python/hello-world .
- ./hello-world
= EXAMPLES =
-More comprehensive examples can be found here:
+The examples/api directory contains several examples.
+
+Read examples/README.txt for further details on these examples.
- cd <install-prefix>/qpid-<version>/python/examples
= RUNNING THE TESTS =