QA/TDAI/RegressionRangeInstall

First download regression.zip and unzip in the location of your choice (like the Desktop). Then follow the instructions for your platform:

Windows - option 1: Command Prompt

• Install Python 2.6.4
• Install Setup Tools
• Open the Command Prompt program (under Accessories)
• Enter this line into the prompt: path = %PATH%;C:\Python26\Scripts;C:\Python26
• Navigate the the regression folder, if this folder is on your Desktop, you can do this by entering cd Desktop\regression into the prompt.
• Now enter the command: install-windows.bat
• You can now run regression.py from the Command Prompt:

python regression.py -g 2009-03-12 -b 2009-10-14

Note: if you don't want to have to say path = %PATH%;C:\Python26;%PATH%;C:\Python26\Scripts everytime you open the command prompt, you can add C:\Python26\Scripts;C:\Python26 to your Path environment variable through the Control Panel (usually under advanced system settings)

Windows - option 2: Mozilla Build

• Install Mozilla Build. This is a command line utility.

• Run Mozilla Build. this can usually be done by running C:\mozilla-build\start-l10n.bat

• navigate to the unzipped regression folder from this command line, for example: cd Desktop/regression

• execute the install script by running the command:./install-windows.sh

• you can now run regression.py with the command:

python regression.py -g 2009-03-12 -b 2009-10-14

Ubuntu

Run these commands:

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
sudo easy_install mozmill
sudo easy_install BeautifulSoup
sudo easy_install httplib2

Now, cd into the unzipped regression folder and run the regression script:

python regression.py -g 2009-03-12 -b 2009-10-14