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This README describes the required steps to install the python distribution and packages necessary to run the graphical routines.

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Step 1/- GET EPD
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"The Enthought Python Distribution (EPD) provides scientists with a comprehensive set of tools to perform rigorous data analysis and visualization."
EPD includes a distribution of Python and a set of libraries for plots and data analysis. It is free for academics, and can be downloaded at:

http://download.enthought.com/epd-7.1/

Different versions are available. 
64 bit version for linux: epd-7.1-2-rh5-x86_64.sh (recommended)
32 bit version for linux is also available if the above fails: epd-7.1-2-rh5-x86.sh
64 bit version for MacOSX has also been successfully tested: epd-7.1-2-macosx-x86_64.dmg

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Step 2/- INSTALL EPD
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Simply put the .sh file you downloaded where you want to install python and run "bash epd-7.1-2-rh5-x86_64.sh" (or whatever version you got from the website)

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Step 3/- SET ENVIRONNMENT
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You must put the path to the /bin of EPD in your $PATH. For exemple, if EPD is installed in:
/u/bwhitelmd/san0/Python/64bits/epd-7.1-2-rh5-x86_64/

Then you must add to your $PATH in your .env_pers.ksh:
export PATH=/u/bwhitelmd/san0/Python/64bits/epd-7.1-2-rh5-x86_64/bin:$PATH

Note that a version of python was probably already installed on your machine, in /usr/bin/. Make sure that "which python" gets you the correct path to EPD python after you sourced your .env_pers.ksh.

LMD routines for python plots are on the svn repository in YOUR_SVN_INSTALL/trunk/UTIL/PYTHON/. You must declare the $PYTHONPATH environment variable to point to these routines. For example:
export PYTHONPATH=/san0/bwhitelmd/SVN/trunk/UTIL/PYTHON/

Finally, you might want to add $PYTHONPATH to your $PATH so that the main scripts can be called from anywhere in command line.

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Step 4/- Read the README.PP ;)
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