Here is a basic set of dependencies that you will need to install before you can install RabbitVCS. The actual package names are different for each distribution, for comparison we've listed the package names for Ubuntu in the table below.
| Program | Ubuntu package | Description | Version |
| nautilus-python | python-nautilus | Python binding for Nautilus | >= 0.5.0 |
| PyGTK | python-gtk2 | Python bindings for the GTK+ widget set | >= 2.12.1 |
| GObject | python-gobject | Python bindings for the GObject library | >= 2.14.1 |
| ConfigObj | python-configobj | Simple but powerful config file reader and writer for Python | >= 4.4.0 |
| Dbus Python | dbus-python | Python bindings for dbus | >= 0.80 |
| Meld | meld | A graphical tool to diff and merge files | >= 1.1.2 |
| simplejson | simplejson | A json library for python | any |
| Program | Ubuntu package | Description | Version |
| gtkspell bindings | python-gtkspell | Python binding gtkspell | ? |
| Program | Ubuntu package | Description | Version |
| PySVN | python-svn | Alternative Python interface to Subversion | >= 1.5.2 |
| Subversion | subversion | A version control system | >= 1.4.6 |
| Program | Ubuntu package | Description | Version |
| dulwich | python-dulwich | A pure-Python implementation of the Git file formats and protocols. | >= 0.6 |
Download the tarball archive, extract the files then in the console type:
sudo python setup.py install
Then look in the clients folder and read the README file for each client/plugin to learn how they are installed.