= 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 should 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 #test it ipython # Ctrl-D o exit }}} 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 # test it python -c 'from numpy import *' # should return without error }}} 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 {{{ # test it ipython -pylab # then in ipython plot(range(10)) # should bring up a window with a line plotted }}} 6) asap - {{{ curl -O ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/asap/current/asap-2.3.1-osx-10.5-x86.tar.bz2 tar jxf asap-2.3.1-osx-10.5-x86.tar.bz2 cd asap-2.3.1-osx-10.5-x86 sudo ./install cd # test it python -c ' from asap import *' # install data needed for frequency conversions sudo asap_update_data }}}