Listing 1. Installing Planet

$ cd ~
$ tar xjvf planet-nightly.tar.bz2
$ planetdated=planet-$(date +'%d%b%y')
$ mv planet-nightly $planetdated;
$ ln -s $planetdated planet
$ cd planet
$ cp -av fancy-examples me-meta
$ cd me-meta
$ cp ../examples/*.xml* .
$ edit config.ini
name = Planet Me
link = file://home/ben/planet/me/index.html
owner_name = John Doe
owner_email = root@localhost

# later in the file
# template_files should all be on one line
template_files = me-meta/index.html.tmpl
me-meta/rss20.xml.tmpl me-meta/rss10.xml.tmpl
me-meta/opml.xml.tmpl me-meta/foafroll.xml.tmpl

# later in the file change
# fancy-examples/index.html.tmpl
[me-meta/index.html.tmpl]
items_per_page = 30

$ cd ..
$ mkdir cache
$ ln -s output me

# Without proxy
$ python planet.py me-meta/config.ini

# Using a standard squid proxy on "dairiserver"
$ http_proxy=http://dairiserver:3128/ \
  python planet.py me-meta/config.ini