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============
Installation
============
This file describes the installation of SimPy |release|.
#. Check that you have Python 2.3 or above. Python 3 is not yet supported, but
we are working on it. If necessary, download Python from http://python.org
and install it.
#. You can install SimPy easily via `PIP <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip>`_
(or ``easy_install``)::
$ pip install SimPy
$ # or:
$ easy_install SimPy
If SimPy is already installed, use the *-U* option for pip/easy_install to
upgrade::
$ pip install -U SimPy
Remember, on Linux/MacOS/Unix you may need *root* privileges to install
SimPy. This also applies to the installing SimPy manually as described
below.
#. To manually install a SimPy tarball, or to execute the examples, download
and unpack the SimPy archive into a folder (using option "Use folder names"
in WinZip, "Re-create folders" in Linux Archive Manager, or similar option
in your unpacker). This will create a SimPy-|release| folder with all source
code and documentation.
Open a terminal, *cd* to the SimPy folder and execute *setup.py* or
*easy_install .* or *pip install .*::
$ cd where/you/put/simpy/SimPy-x.y
$ python setup.py install
$ # or
$ easy_install .
$ # or
$ pip install .
If you do not have permissions to perform the installation as root, you can
install SimPy into a non-standard folder::
$ cd where/you/put/simpy/SimPy-x.y
$ python setup.py install --home <dir>
#. Run one or more of the programs under *docs/examples* to see
whether Python finds the SimPy module. If you get an error message
like *ImportError: No module named SimPy*, move the SimPy folder
into a directory which you know to be on the Python module search
path (like /Lib/site-packages).
#. The tutorial and manuals are in the *docs/html* folder. Many users have
commented that the Bank tutorials are valuable in getting users started on
building their own simple models. Even a few lines of Python and SimPy can
model significant real systems.
For more help, contact the `SimPy-Users mailing list
<mailto:simpy-users@lists.sourceforge.net>`_. SimPy users are pretty helpful.
Enjoy simulation programming in SimPy!
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