How to get SparkleShare working on Windows - Revision history

Ari at 09:35, 5 July 2012

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Ari at 09:27, 5 July 2012

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Created page with "'''Step 1:''' [https://github.com/hbons/SparkleShare/downloads Download] SparkleShare, install and then exit the program (without adding any project as we need to do some 'byp..."

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'''Step 1:''' [https://github.com/hbons/SparkleShare/downloads Download] SparkleShare, install and then exit the program (without adding any project as we need to do some 'bypassing' now).

'''Step 2:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_%28software%29 Git] works in the back-end of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SparkleShare SparkleShare] through a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell SSH] tunnel and unfortunately, Windows does not come with a SSH client (unlike in Linux and Mac) Hence, we need a 3rd party client, which in our case is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY PuTTY], a popular free Open Source terminal emulator. Download the Installer Package from this [http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty-0.62-installer.exe link]

''Note:'' If you've administrative privileges and can take the ''risk'' of working with Windows Registry System, uninstall and remove any traces of SparkeShare from the system registry (Run command: regedit) and finally do a 'fresh' installation. Also you don't need any Git GUI like msysGit, SparkleShare already comes with a build-in Git module and it serve our purpose pretty well here.

'''Step 3:''' Open PuTTYgen, click on Conversions and import a key from this address: Username/AppData/Roaming/sparkleshare (Run command to locate the required directory: %Appdata%\sparkleshare), the file would be named something like "sparkleshare.your_email_id@gmail.com.key".

After loading the key, save the private key (will be required in next step) wherever you please. Finally, you may close this window.

[[File:PuTTY keygen.png]]

'''Step 4:''' Now open Pageant and the add the private key (that you saved in the previous step)

[[File:Pageant.png]]

'''Step 5:''' Add a path variable name for plink.exe to 'bypass' SSH handling through PuTTY (instead of ssh-agent in Program Files\SparkleShare\msysgit\bin directory)

[[File:Envo variables.png]]

'''Step 6:''' Configure your PuTTY.exe with a hostname: keg.hamsphire.edu and default port 22. You will get a terminal window to login, you may close this window after a while.

[[File:PuTTY config.png]]

'''Step 7:''' Finally, you can add (i.e. cloning of repository) those project(s) from the remote server. Just type in the right address and remote path and Voila, it works!

[[File:Add project SS.png]]

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 [[File:PuTTY config.png]]
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-'''Step 7:''' Finally, you can add (i.e. cloning of repository) those project(s) from the remote server. Just type in the right address and remote path and Voila, it works!
+'''Step 7:''' Finally, you can add (i.e. cloning of repository) those project(s) from the remote server. Just type in the right host address, remote path and click on the 'Add' button. Voila, now it works!
 [[File:Add project SS.png]]

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 '''Step 1:''' [https://github.com/hbons/SparkleShare/downloads Download] SparkleShare, install and then exit the program (without adding any project as we need to do some 'bypassing' now).
-''Note:'' If you've administrative privileges and can take the ''risk'' of working with Windows Registry System, uninstall and remove any traces of SparkeShare from the system registry (Run command: regedit) if it didn't work in the previous cases and do a 'fresh' re-installation. Also you don't need any Git GUI like msysGit, SparkleShare already comes with a build-in Git module and it serve our purpose pretty well here.
+'''''Note:''' If you've administrative privileges and can take the ''risk'' of working with Windows Registry System, uninstall and remove any traces of SparkeShare from the system registry (Run command: regedit) if it didn't work in the previous cases and do a 'fresh' re-installation. Also you don't need any Git GUI like msysGit, SparkleShare already comes with a build-in Git module and it serve our purpose pretty well here.''
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 '''Step 2:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_%28software%29 Git] works in the back-end of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SparkleShare SparkleShare] through a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell SSH] tunnel and unfortunately, Windows does not come with a SSH client (unlike in Linux and Mac) Hence, we need a 3rd party client, which in our case is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY PuTTY], a popular free Open Source terminal emulator. Download the Installer Package from this [http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty-0.62-installer.exe link]
+----
 '''Step 3:''' Open PuTTYgen, click on Conversions and import a key from this address: Username/AppData/Roaming/sparkleshare (Run command to locate the required directory: %Appdata%\sparkleshare), the file would be named something like "sparkleshare.your_email_id@gmail.com.key".
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 [[File:PuTTY keygen.png]]
+----
 '''Step 4:''' Now open Pageant and the add the private key (that you saved in the previous step)
 [[File:Pageant.png]]
+----
 '''Step 5:''' Add a path variable name for plink.exe to 'bypass' SSH handling through PuTTY (instead of ssh-agent in Program Files\SparkleShare\msysgit\bin directory)
 [[File:Envo variables.png]]
+----
 '''Step 6:''' Configure your PuTTY.exe with a hostname: keg.hamsphire.edu and default port 22. You will get a terminal window to login, you may close this window after a while.
 [[File:PuTTY config.png]]
+----
 '''Step 7:''' Finally, you can add (i.e. cloning of repository) those project(s) from the remote server. Just type in the right address and remote path and Voila, it works!
 [[File:Add project SS.png]]