Changeset 4039

Timestamp:

Nov 28, 2006, 3:40:18 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

ole

Message:

Update after installation trial on Ken's machine

File:

• anuga_core/documentation/user_manual/anuga_installation_guide.tex (modified) (5 diffs)

anuga_core/documentation/user_manual/anuga_installation_guide.tex

@@ -65 +65 @@
       \item Scientific Python:\\
        \url{http://sourcesup.cru.fr/frs/download.php/745/ScientificPython-2.4.9.win32-py2.4.exe}
-      \item NETCDF \url{ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/contrib/win32/netcdf-3.6.1-beta1-win32dll.zip}. Unpack this in a folder that is available on the system path. We suggest unpacking it into 
+      \item NETCDF: download the file netcdf-3.6.1-beta1-win32dll.zip from 
+      \url{http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/binaries.html} (\url{ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/contrib/win32/netcdf-3.6.1-beta1-win32dll.zip}). Unpack this in a folder that is available on the system path. We suggest unpacking it into 
       \begin{verbatim} 
       C:\bin
@@ -74 +75 @@
   \item Add the following to the PATH environment variable
     \begin{verbatim}
-      PATH=C:\Python24;C:\Python24\Enthought\MingW\bin;
-      C:\Program Files\anuga_viewer;C:\bin
-    \end{verbatim} 
+      PATH=C:\Python24;C:\Python24\Enthought\MingW\bin;C:\bin
+    \end{verbatim}   %C:\Program Files\anuga_viewer;
   \item Unpack the ANUGA source code (\code{anuga-1.0_xxxx.tgz}) 
   in the python site-packages 
-  directory \code{C:$\backslash$Python24$\backslash$Lib$\backslash$site-packages}
+  directory \code{C:$\backslash$Python24$\backslash$Lib$\backslash$site-packages}. This is often done in Windows by 
+  double clicking on the tgz file and then select 'browse to' the destination directory.
   \item In the ANUGA root directory (\code{C:$\backslash$Python24$\backslash$Lib$\backslash$site-packages$\backslash$anuga}), 
   run the compilation script (either from the commandline or by clicking on it):
@@ -85 +86 @@
         python compile_all.py
     \end{verbatim}}
-  \item In the ANUGA root directory, run the test suite:
+  \item In the ANUGA root directory, run the test suite (e.g. by opening it with IDLE 
+  and running the file)\footnote{If run on the commandline, this test suite will cause an error that has to do 
+  with the atexit.py functionality of the logger. As long as all tests pass OK, you can safely ignore that error.}:
     {\small \begin{verbatim}
         python test_all.py
@@ -124 +127 @@
 
 
+
+
 \clearpage
 \section{Pre-requisites}
@@ -155 +160 @@
 
 \begin{itemize}
-  \item psyco \url{http://psyco.sourceforge.net/index.html}
+  \item psyco \url{http://psyco.sourceforge.net/index.html}: Speeds up anuga by about 30\%.
   %\item visual python \url{http://vpython.org}
-  \item matplotlib (pylab) for quality 2d plotting (moving towards mandatory requirement)
-  \item VTK \url{http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/dwnld/vtk/win32/}
+  \item matplotlib (pylab) for quality 2d plotting (moving towards mandatory requirement and now part of Enthought.)
+  \item VTK \url{http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/dwnld/vtk/win32/} - also now part of Enthought.
 \end{itemize}