note : this README is now obsolete

pNbody python module http://obswww.unige.ch/~revaz/pNbody/index.html

Release 4.0 (Feruary, 2008)

Requirements

• C compiler
• Python 2.5 or higher
• numpy (python module)
• PIL (the Python Image Library module with python-imaging-tk enabled)

Build instructions for UNIX/LINUX

1. Unpack the pNbody distribution (the file pNbody-3.0.tgz) in your Python extensions directory (if you have one. If not, feel free to unpack it in any other suitable directory).
   
   $ cd Python-2.5/Extensions # example $ tar -xzf pNbody-4.0.tgz

2. Using Python 2.3 or later, you can use the setup.py script to build the module. The following commands should do the trick:
   
   $ python setup.py build $ python setup.py install
   
   (depending on how Python has been installed on your machine, you might have to log in as a superuser to run the 'install' command.)
   
   If the setup.py command finishes without any errors, you're done!

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Build instructions for Windows

1. Install Linux on your Windows machine and follow the instructions for UNIX

Documentation

   You can find the manual in the file : doc/man.ps

Getting Help

If you have questions about python Nbody module, feel free to, write 
to the following e-mail:

  yves.revaz@obspm.fr