Mercurial

You need to install the Mercurial version control software. The easiest is to install it through the Ubuntu repositories. If using pip (see PythonResources#Install_Python), Mercurial can then be installed and updated through sudo pip install mercurial --upgrade.

On Windows, the TortoiseHg software is recommended since it has a graphical user interface integrated in the Windows explorer (although the preferred way to interact will be the command line).

You should configure Mercurial using its configuration file called ~/.hgrc (Mercurial.ini in Document and Setting/[username] on Windows). Here is an example to adapt to your needs:

[ui]
username = Nicolas Saunier <email_adress>
[extensions]
hgext.graphlog =
[paths]
trafficintelligence = https://Nicolas@bitbucket.org/Nicolas/trafficintelligence

You are advised to follow the very good introduction and tutorial on the Mercurial website, and see the rest of the documentation, including the freely available online book.