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Dabo - Some brief installation notes. |
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PREREQUISITES: |
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+ Python (we recommend the latest, currently 2.5) |
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+ sqlite3 (comes with Python 2.5) or pysqlite2 (install separately) |
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+ wxPython UNICODE BUILD (we recommend the latest, currently 2.8) |
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+ MySQLdb (to run the demos) |
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+ reportlab |
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+ PIL (also known as Imaging or the Python Imaging Library) |
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INSTALLATION: |
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Windows: run 'win_setup.bat' |
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Mac or Linux: 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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OTHER STUFF: |
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There are two other directories in the same folder as this file: 'demo' and |
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'ide'. They contain useful programs (written in Dabo, of course!) to help |
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you explore and develop with Dabo. You should move these to a convenient |
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folder on your system, such as 'My Documents\Dabo' on Windows, or '~/dabo' on |
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Linux or Mac. |
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The 'demo' folder contains the DaboDemo application, which shows off a lot of |
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the cool things in Dabo. This is still a work-in-progress, with more demos |
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being added all the time. Be sure to check the website for updates! |
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The 'ide' folder contains our visual tools, such as the Class Designer, which |
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you can use to visually design your UI; the connection editor ('CxnEditor'), |
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which is used to create connections to database servers, as well as several |
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other useful visual tools. |
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HAVING PROBLEMS? |
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But... if you have trouble installing, and for whatever reason the setup.py |
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doesn't work, just add a file named 'dabo.pth' to your site-packages directory, |
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with the path to dabo e.g. '/home/pmcnett/projects/dabo'. |
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If you are on Linux and got the following error: |
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error: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/lib/python2.4/config/Makefile (No such file or directory) |
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and you really want to get setup.py to install dabo for you, you need to |
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install the python-dev package. For instance (on Debian): |
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apt-get install python2.4-dev |
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