platform-migrator 1.1.0

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platformmigrator 1.1.0

=================Platform Migrator=================Platform Migrator is an application to migrate software from its currentsystem to a different system. System here is defined by the package managersthat will be used to install any required packages.Installation------------To run Platform Migrator, you will need Python 2.7 or greater on the basesystem, i.e. the system which currently has the software, and Python 3.5 orgreater on the target system, i.e. the system to which the software has to bemigrated. Currently, only Linux based operating systems are supported. It maywork on other OSes but has not been tested.Platform migrator should be installed on the target system only. It will copythe necessary files over to the base system as required.Platform Migrator can be installed from PyPI with :: pip3 install --user platform-migratoror from this git repo with :: git clone https://gitlab.com/mmc691/platform-migrator cd platform-migrator python3 setup.py install --userExecution---------The application is executed in 4 steps:1. Configure the application as per the docs.2. Start the server on the target system with ``platform-migrator server start``. See the docs for complete set of options available.3. On the base system, execute the following on the command line: :: curl http://<server-name>:<server-port>/migrate > script.py python script.py4. Back on the target system, run ``platform-migrator migrate <name> <config>``. The docs have the full set of options for this as well.If the migration was successful, the software will be saved in the configuredoutput directory.Documentation-------------Documentation for the project is available athttps://platform-migrator.readthedocs.io/ and also in the`docs/ <https://gitlab.com/mmc691/platform-migrator/tree/master/docs>`_directory of this repository.Acknowledgements----------------This application was written with the support and guidance of`Prof. Dennis Shasha <https://cs.nyu.edu/cs/faculty/shasha/>`_ and`Prof. Cristophe Pradal <https://team.inria.fr/virtualplants/christophe-pradal/>`_as part of a capstone project at New York University.