Requirements

  Python 2.2 or later.

  SSL/TLS: PyOpenSSL 0.5.1 or later (http://pyopenssl.sf.net)
  Serial: PySerial (http://pyserial.sf.net)
  SSH: PyCrypto (http://pycrypto.sf.net, recommended version at least 1.9a6)
       PyPAM (optional - http://www.tummy.com/Software/PyPam/index.html)
        GMPy (optional - http://gmpy.sf.net)
        PyShadow (optional -
            http://www.twistedmatrix.com/users/z3p/files/pyshadow-0.1.tar.gz)
  On Windows win32all is recommended (or ActivePython)
      http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/Downloads.html


Installation

  * Debian 
    packages are available with these sources - for woody:

      deb http://twisted.sourceforge.net/debian/woody/ ./

    and for sarge/sid:

      deb http://twisted.sourceforge.net/debian/ ./

    Sid and sarge both have Twisted as well, but not necessarily the latest
    version.

  * FreeBSD, Gentoo 
    Twisted is in their package repositories.

  * Mac OS X 
    packages and dependences can be obtained from:

      http://undefined.org/python/pimp/
  
  * Win32 
    EXEs are available from http://twisted.sf.net, as well as tarballs
    for other platforms. 
  
  * Other
    As with other Python packages, the standard way of installing from source 
    is:

      python setup.py install
  
  * RPM (Redhat, Mandrake, SuSE, etc)
    For RPM based platforms there is a spec file in the admin/ folder in the
    tarball.