Revision: 4555
http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/?rev=4555&view=rev
Author: jdh2358
Date: 2007-12-02 20:56:57 -0800 (Sun, 02 Dec 2007)
Log Message:
-----------
updated win32 requirements doc
Modified Paths:
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trunk/py4science/doc/requirements.txt
Modified: trunk/py4science/doc/requirements.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/py4science/doc/requirements.txt 2007-12-03 04:56:40 UTC (rev
4554)
+++ trunk/py4science/doc/requirements.txt 2007-12-03 04:56:57 UTC (rev
4555)
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@
matplotlib requires a user interface toolkit, for example Tk, GTK,
wxPython or Qt. Tk comes with python, so that should work out of the
box, but some of the other code we will be demoing work best with
-wxPython, so we also recommend you install wxPython
-(http://www.wxpython.org/)
+wxPython, so we also recommend you install wxPython_
+.. _wxPython: http://www.wxpython.org
+
We will detail the optional packages that will be used in the workshop
below. It will be great if you can get all the optional packages as
well, but since most of the workshop depends on these four
@@ -126,16 +127,48 @@
In [11]: matplotlib.__version__
Out[11]: '0.91.1'
+
+
Platform specific instructions
==============================
-linux
+Linux
+=====
-os x
+TODO
-win32
+OS X
+====
+TODO
+Microsoft Windows
+=================
+
+- Install the latest windows `python MSI installer`_ from
+
+- install the win32com_ extensions. IPython needs these to set up the start
menu properly and they have lots of useful goodies for windows users anyhow,
like the abiliy to read and write MS Office documents via the COM API.
+
+- ipython: grab the latest win32 exe installer from the `ipython
distributions`_ page
+
+- numpy: grab the latest exe or msi installer for your version of python at
`numpy download`_
+
+- scipy: grab the latest exe or msi installer from the "Binary installation
for Windows" distribution from the `scipy download`_ page.
+
+- matplotlib: grab the latest exe from the `matplotlib download`_ page
+
+.. _`python MSI installer`: http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5.1/
+
+.. _win32com:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78018&package_id=79063&release_id=449591
+
+.. _`ipython distributions`: http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/
+
+.. _`numpy download`:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1369&package_id=175103
+
+.. _`scipy download`: http://www.scipy.org/Download
+
+.. _`matplotlib download`:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706&package_id=82474&release_id=558083
+
Optional packages
=================
@@ -171,13 +204,15 @@
- pyrex_ : lets you mix c and python for writing high performance
python extensions
-
- basemap_ : a matplotlib toolkit for workin with geographic data and
map projections. Available for download at the matplotlib download
page
http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=80706
-
+- svn_ : we wil be teaching open source software development
+ processes, which require svn. Windows users should consider
+ `tortise svn`_
+
.. _pytables: http://www.pytables.org/moin
.. _basemap:
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlib.toolkits.basemap.basemap.html
@@ -187,3 +222,8 @@
.. _`enthought tool suite`: http://code.enthought.com/ets/
.. _pydap: http://pydap.org.
+
+.. _svn: http://subversion.tigris.org/
+
+.. `tortise svn`_: http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
+
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