= Installation procedure =

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

'''python 2.6 is required'''

 1) python - 
{{{
         curl -O http://python.org/ftp/python/2.6.5/python-2.6.5-macosx10.3-2010-03-24.dmg
}}}
    the open disk image and install. In a terminal run {{{ python -V }}}, which should return {{{ Python 2.6.5 }}}.  If not log out and log back in. 
 
All these will probably work with the latest released version of those packages as well.

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

3) asap

Get the latest release:

{{{
curl -O ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/asap/current/asap-3.0.0-osx-10.5-i386-python2.6.tar.bz2
}}}

Unpack and follow the instructions in the README file
{{{
tar jxf asap-3.0.0-osx-10.5-i386-python2.6.tar.bz2
cd asap-3.0.0-osx-10.5-i386-python2.6
less README
}}}