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Obtaining and Installing

Requirements

Python 2.5 or later is required, and Python 2.6 is recommended (as SQLite is included by default).

ATpy relies on a number of different packages to support reading and writing to different file or database formats. However, the only compulsory package is NumPy. All other requirements are optional - if they are not present, the relevant read/write methods will be disabled but will not otherwise prevent ATpy from functioning.

Below is a list of the optional packages that ATpy depends on to support reading and writing to various table types:

Stable version

The latest stable release of ATpy can be downloaded from GitHub. To install ATpy, use the standard installation procedure:

tar xvzf ATpy-X-X.X.tar.gz
cd ATpy-X.X.X/
python setup.py install

Developer version

Advanced users wishing to use the latest development (“unstable”) version can check it out with:

git clone git://github.com/atpy/atpy.git

which can then be installed with:

cd atpy
python setup.py install