= Installation procedure =

Note that only intel based Macs are supported at this stage.

'''python 2.5 is required'''

 1) python - 
{{{
         curl -O http://python.org/ftp/python/2.5.4/python-2.5.4-macosx.dmg 
}}}
    the open disk image and install. In a terminal run {{{ python -V }}}, which sould return {{{ Python 2.5.4 }}}.  If not log out and log back in. 
 
All these will probably work with the latest released version as well.

 2) setuptools - 
{{{ 
         curl -O http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py && sudo python ez_setup.py
}}}

 3) ipython - 
{{{ 
         sudo easy_install ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/asap/osx-dependencies/ipython-0.9.1-py2.5.egg
}}}

 4) numpy - 
{{{ 
         sudo easy_install ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/asap/osx-dependencies/numpy-1.2.1-py2.5-macosx-10.3-i386.egg 
}}}

 5) matplotlib -  
{{{ 
         curl -O ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/asap/osx-dependencies/matplotlib-0.98.5.2-py2.5-mpkg.zip
}}}
    then  unzip and install

 6) asap - 
{{{ 
         curl -O ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/asap/2.3/asap-2.3.0-osx-10.5-x86.tar.bz2
         tar jxf asap-2.3.0-osx-10.5-x86.tar.bz2
         cd asap-2.3.0-osx-10.5-x86
         sudo ./install
         sudo asap_update_data
}}}