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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:
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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:
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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:
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The directory Examples provides a few simple example applications,
including a C extension module that uses the netCDF C-API.