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Building and installing Py-ART
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Required Dependencies
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Py-ART requires the following software, earlier version may work but have 
not been extensively tested.

* Python__ 2.6.x or newer

__ http://www.python.org

* NumPy__ 1.6.x or newer

__ http://www.scipy.org

* SciPy__ 0.10.x or newer

__ http://www.scipy.org

* matplotlib__ 1.1.0 or newer

__ http://matplotlib.org/

* netCDF4__ 1.0.2 or newer

__ http://code.google.com/p/netcdf4-python/


Optional Dependencies
=====================

The following packages are recommended for a fully-functional Py-ART
installation, but the package will install and work with reduced functionality
without these packages.

* TRMM RSL__ 1.43 or newer

__ http://trmm-fc.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmm_gv/software/rsl/

* `CyLP <https://github.com/mpy/CyLP>`_ or 
  `PyGLPK <http://tfinley.net/software/pyglpk/>`_ or
  `CVXOPT <http://cvxopt.org/>`_ and their dependencies.

* Basemap__

__ http://matplotlib.org/basemap/

* pyproj__

__ http://code.google.com/p/pyproj/

* nose__

__ http://nose.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

Obtaining the latest source
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The latest source code for Py-ART can be obtained from the GitHub repository,
https://github.com/ARM-DOE/pyart.

The latest source can be checked out using

    $ git clone https://github.com/ARM-DOE/pyart.git


Installing from Source
======================

The path to the TRMM RSL library must be provided during install.  This can
either be done by setting the `RSL_PATH` environmentation variable.  In bash
this can be done using `export RSL_PATH=/path/to/rsl/`. If this location is
not specified, some common locations will be searched.  Note that the location
provided should be the root TRMM RSL path, under which both a `lib` and
`include` directory are contained, the default location is `/lib/local/trmm`.

After specifying the TRMM RSL path Py-ART can be installed globally using

    $ python setup.py install

of locally using

    $ python setup.py install --user

If you prefer to use Py-ART without installing, simply add the this path to
your PYTHONPATH (directory or with a .pth file) and compile the extension
in-place.

    $ python setup.py build_ext -i

Frequently asked questions
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* I'm getting a segfault or another error in python when using 
  pyart.io.read_rsl() with IRIS/other files.
  
  This is due to a bug in RSL, and can be remedied by adding
  -fno-stack-protector -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=0 to the CFLAGS parameter of the
  makefile of RSL.  This issue has been fixed with the release of rsl-v1.44.

* I'm having trouble getting PyGLPK to compile on my 64-bit operating system.
  Change the line in the setup.py file from
  
  define_macros = macros, extra_compile_args=['-m32'], extra_link_args=['-m32'],
  
  to
  
  define_macros = macros, extra_compile_args=['-m64'], extra_link_args=['-m64'],

  Then build and install PyGLPK as recommended in the PYGLPK README.txt file.
