Prerequisites
Python 2.4 or higher, SWIG 1.3 or higher, GNU make
Download
You can download the source codes here. The latest release is 1.2.1, Mar 19, 2009. Previous release 1.1.1 can be dowloaded here.
Compiling
After downloading, you can compile the Unbound library by doing:
> tar -xzf unbound-1.2.1-python.tar.gz > cd unbound-1.2.1 > ./configure --with-pythonmodule > make
You need GNU make to compile sources. SWIG and Python devel libraries to compile extension module.
Testing
If the compilation is successful, you can test the extension module by:
> cd pythonmod > make sudo # or "make test" or "make suexec"
This will start unbound server with language dictionary service (see Tutorials). In order to test this service, type:
> dig TXT @127.0.0.1 aught.en._dict_.cz
Dig should print this message (czech equivalent of aught):
; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P2 <<>> TXT @127.0.0.1 aught.en._dict_.cz ; (1 server found) ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 30085 ;; flags: aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;aught.en._dict_.cz. IN TXT ;; ANSWER SECTION: aught.en._dict_.cz. 300 IN TXT "nic" ;; Query time: 11 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Thu Jan 10 16:45:58 2009 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 52
The pythonmod/examples directory contains simple applications written in Python.