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1Installation
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4**Prerequisites**
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6Python 2.4 or higher, SWIG 1.3 or higher, GNU make
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8**Compiling**
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10After downloading, you can compile the pyUnbound library by doing::
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12	> tar -xzf unbound-x.x.x-py.tar.gz
13	> cd unbound-x.x.x
14	> ./configure --with-pyunbound
15	> make
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17You may want to --with-pythonmodule as well if you want to use python as
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20You need GNU make to compile sources; SWIG and Python devel libraries to compile extension module. 
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23**Testing**
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25If the compilation is successful, you can test the python LDNS extension module by::
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27	> cd contrib/python
28	> make testenv
29	> ./dns-lookup.py
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31You may want to make install in the main directory since make testenv is for debugging.  In contrib/examples you can find simple applications written in Python using the Unbound extension.
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