Installing PyVib2

The program can be installed either using the neutral Python distribution utilities (Distutils) or in a platform specific way.

• Platform neutral way (Distutils)
• Windows
• Mac OS X (starting from PyVib2 1.1)
• Debian

1. Python Megawidgets 1.2+ - a library for a flexible GUI building, based on Tkinter.
   
   To test if the installation was successful, execute in a Python shell :

   >>> import Pmw

2. NumPy 1.0+ - the fundamental package for scientific computing.
   
   To test if the installation was successful, execute in a Python shell :

   >>> import numpy

3. VTK 4.4+ - Visualization ToolKit, a high-level 3D rendering library.
   
   Do not forget to install the Python bindings to VTK. To test if the installation was successful, execute in a Python shell :

   >>> import vtk
   >>> import vtk.tk.vtkTkRenderWidget

4. Matplotlib 0.87.3+ - a 2D plotting library for producing publication quality figures.
   
   To test if the installation was successful, execute in a Python shell :

   >>> import matplotlib

5. PyVib2 itself.
   • Unpack the installation archive :

     # tar xvfz pyvib2-1.0.tar.gz

   • Change to the installation directory :

     # cd pyvib2-1.0

   • Execute the setup script :

     # python setup.py install 

• Unpack pyvib2-1.0_win32.zip with e.g. WinZip or WinRAR
• Start pyvib2.exe from the pyvib2-1.0_win32 subdirectory

• Unpack pyvib2-1.1_mac.zip (by double clicking it in Finder)
• Start pyvib2.app from the pyvib2-1.1_mac subdirectory

# dpkg --install pyvib2_1.0_all.deb

# apt-get update && apt-get -f install

PyVib2 enables the user to produce animations of vibrations in the Animated GIF and FLI format. Windows user should read this.

1. Animated GIF
   
   • Netpbm - graphics tools and converters.
   • Gifsicle - a UNIX command-line tool for creating, editing, and getting information about GIF images and animations.
2. FLI
   
   • ppm2fli - producing FLI animation files.

To produce spectra in the PDF format the ps2pdf program must be installed.