Installation instructions

System requirements

UPS monitor requires the following hardware and software:

  • an UPS (evidently), supported by the Network UPS Tools
  • the Network UPS Tools server, configured and running
  • Python
  • GNOME
  • the Python GTK+ 2 bindings, and Glade bindings

The recommended way to obtain these requirements is by using your distribution’s install CDs or official package repositories.

How to install UPS monitor

Installing the RPM package

Using the provided RPM packages is much, much easier. Download the latest RPM package and install it using the rpm -ivh command, or by double-clicking it on your favorite file manager and specifying the system-install-packages program.

Installing from source

To install this software, download and unpack the source package, then enter the directory that was created when unpacking the source.

Then type ./configure && make install while on the command line. You will probably need administrative privileges to perform a system-wide installation. Check the standard configure options (--help) to install in other directories.