Installing carml

carml uses Python3.

Note (for PyPI or development installs) you’ll need to install libffi and liblzma development libraries. How to do this on various architectures (please send missing ones!):

  • Debian + Ubuntu: apt-get install build-essential python3-dev python3-virtualenv libffi-dev liblzma-dev.

PyPI

Once you have libraries installed as above, you should be able to do a simple pip install carml. It’s also possible to point to the .whl file (e.g. after signature verification).

It is recommended to use virtualenv to use carml without affecting system packages:

python3 -m venv venv
source ./venv/bin/activate
python3 -m pip install carml

Signatures

If you would like to check the signatures and dependencies, you will need to:

  • download the .whl file from PyPI.
  • change the URL to download the signature (add .asc to the end)
  • confirm signature: gpg --verify carml-18.4.0-py3-none-any.whl.asc
  • clone source code: git clone https://github.com/meejah/carml
  • git tag --verify v18.4.0
  • git checkout v18.4.0
  • The file requirements.txt has hashes for all dependencies, at the same versions as pinned in the wheel (and is included in the signature just checked on the tag). So install the dependencies:
  • python3 -m pip install --require-hashes --no-deps --requirements requirements.txt
  • Then, install the wheel file (and just that):
  • python3 -m pip install --no-deps carml-18.4.0-py3-none-any.whl

You now have exactly the bytes I intended to release for both carml itself and all its dependencies.

Note: a much easier and arguably better way to get this on Debian or Ubuntu would be for someone to package it in Debian…

Debian/Ubuntu

Installing on Debian/Ubuntu in a secure manner is a little easier. Use apt to install all the required python packages:

sudo apt install python3-humanize python3-click python-txtorcon

You can now create a virtualenv that can “see” those packages:

python3 -m venv --system-site-packages venv
source venv/bin/activate
python3 -m pip install --no-deps carml-18.4.0-py3-none-any.whl
python3 -m carml --help

Development/Source

From a fresh clone (git clone https://github.com/meejah/carml.git) type make venv. Then activate your new virtualenv with source ./venv/bin/activate and then python3 -m pip install --editable . which should install all the dependencies (listed in requirements.txt).

virtualenv venv
source ./venv/bin/activate
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools  # esp. for Debian
python3 -m pip install --editable .

Dependencies:

Tor Setup

For Tor setup, make sure you have at least the following in /etc/tor/torrc (or whatever you’re using for config):

CookieAuthentication 1
CookieAuthFileGroupReadable 1
ControlPort 9051
# corresponding carml option: "--connect tcp:127.0.0.1:9051"

Or, if you prefer Unix sockets (recommended where possible):

CookieAuthentication 1
ControlSocketsGroupWritable 1
ControlSocket /var/run/tor/control
# corresponding carml option: "--connect unix:/var/run/tor/control"

The port or unix-socket can obviously be whatever; the above are Tor’s defaults on Debian. The Tor Browser Bundle defaults to using 9151 for the control socket (and DOES use cookie authentication by default).

On Debian/Ubuntu you need to be part of the debian-tor group. To check, type groups and verify debian-tor is on the list. If not, add yourself (as root, do):

# usermod username --append --groups debian-tor

If you changed Tor’s configuration, don’t forget to tell it (as root):

# service tor reload