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Dabo - Some brief installation notes. |
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PREREQUISITES: |
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+ Python (we recommend the latest, currently 2.4.x) |
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+ MySQLdb (to run the demos) |
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+ wxPython (we recommend the latest, currently 2.6.x) |
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+ reportlab |
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INSTALLATION: |
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As root or administrator, execute the following shell command: |
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python setup.py install |
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That's it! |
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PRIOR INSTRUCTIONS (OUT OF DATE) |
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Dabo is a runtime library, which your applications will import using standard |
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Python syntax. Therefore, it needs to be in PYTHONPATH, so that your |
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'import dabo' statements will find it. The easiest way to do this is to put |
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dabo into your Python installation's site-packages directory. The easiest way |
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to find out where this is on your system (yes, it varies, so we can't just tell |
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you where it is) is to start Python and query sys.path. |
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For instance: |
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[pmcnett@sol dabo]$ python |
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Python 2.3.2 (#1, Oct 6 2003, 10:07:16) |
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[GCC 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)] on linux2 |
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Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. |
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>>> import sys |
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>>> sys.path |
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['', '/home/pmcnett/dl/python/wxPythonSrc-2.5.1.5/wxPython', '/usr/lib/python23.zip', |
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'/usr/lib/python2.3', '/usr/lib/python2.3/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib/python2.3/lib-tk', |
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'/usr/lib/python2.3/lib-dynload', '/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages', |
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'/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/PythonCAD', '/usr/local/gnue/lib/python'] |
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I can see that my site-packages directory is installed in |
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/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages. So I can then copy or symlink the dabo root |
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directory there to make it importable. You will likely need administrative |
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privileges to do this on your system, unless you happen to be running Windows, |
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which most likely will let you write to any location that you want. |
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If you would rather put dabo somewhere else, you can put a text file called |
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dabo.pth inside your Python site-packages directory. The contents of this file |
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must specify the parent directory where Dabo can be found. For instance, if |
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you put Dabo in c:\programs\myprogs\dabo, you'll need your dabo.pth to say |
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'c:\programs\myprogs'. |
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