Installing on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)
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Step 1: Install dependencies
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Grab the latest code from launchpad:

::

    bzr clone lp:nova

Here's a script you can use to install (and then run) Nova on Ubuntu or Debian (when using Debian, edit nova.sh to have USE_PPA=0):

.. todo:: give a link to a stable releases page

Step 2: Install dependencies
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Nova requires rabbitmq for messaging, so install that first.

*Note:* You must have sudo installed to run these commands as shown here.

::

    sudo apt-get install rabbitmq-server


You'll see messages starting with "Reading package lists... Done" and you must confirm by typing Y that you want to continue.

If you're running on Ubuntu 10.04, you'll need to install Twisted and python-gflags which is included in the OpenStack PPA.

::

    sudo add-get install python-software-properties
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nova-core/trunk
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install python-twisted python-gflags


Once you've done this, continue at Step 3 here: :doc:`../single.node.install`