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- ScientificPython is a collection of Python modules that are useful for
- scientific applications. Most of them need the Numerical Python
- extension (aka NumPy), which is available from SourceForge; see
- http://numpy.sourceforge.net for details.
-
- This is release 2.2 of ScientificPython, the first "official"
- (non-development release) containing MPI support. If you do not know
- what MPI is, you probably don't need it and you can safely proceed. If
- you do want the MPI interface, please read the file README.MPI. Much
- of the MPI functionality was contributed by Jakob Schiotz.
-
- All of these modules are in the public domain; do with them whatever
- you wish. However, there is no warranty of any kind; you use the
- code at your own risk.
-
- If you find bugs, please tell me, and if you improve something, please
- send me the modified version. I don't promise anything, but since I
- use these modules a lot for my own work, I have an interest in keeping
- them bug-free and usable.
-
- For updates, check
-
- http://starship.python.net/crew/hinsen/scientific.html
-
- from time to time.
-
-
- Konrad Hinsen
- Centre de Biophysique Moleculaire (CNRS)
- Rue Charles Sadron
- 45071 Orleans Cedex 2
- France
-
- E-Mail: hinsen@cnrs-orleans.fr
-
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-
- Installation:
- -------------
-
- Required: Python 1.5 or higher. If you want to use the netCDF
- interface module, you also need the netCDF library, version 3.0 or
- higher, and also Numerical Python. Unless you have Python 1.6 or
- higher, you also need to get and install the Distutils package from
- http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/download.html.
-
- Installation is as simple as
-
- python setup.py install
-
- This will build the netCDF module if it can find a netCDF installation
- in either /usr/local or in /usr. If you you have installed netCDF
- somewhere else, you must edit the file setup.py and replace "None" in
- line 10 by the name of the base directory in quotes.
-
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-
- Manual:
- -------
-
- The reference manual is provided in HTML and PDF formats:
-
- HTML: Doc/HTML/Scientific.html
-
- PDF: Doc/PDF/manual.pdf
-
- The DocBook XML source is also provided in Doc/XML.
-
-
- Examples:
- ---------
-
- The directory Examples provides a few simple example applications,
- including a C extension module that uses the netCDF C-API.
-