Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of PythonPackages

Timestamp:

Dec 16, 2011 9:59:40 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

toby

Comment:

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PythonPackages

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 = Python Packages Required in GSAS-II = 
 
-GSAS-II requires a number of packages that are not formally distributed as a part of Python: 
+At present, GSAS-II is being developed with Python version 2 (2.7.2 as I write this). This is because some of the packages
+that GSAS-II requires are not yet supported or are not yet well tested in Python 3. Note that the following packages that are not distributed as a part of Python are required in GSAS-II: 
 
  * [http://www.wxpython.org/ WxPython]
@@ -9 +10 @@
  * [http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/ PyOpenGL]
 
-At present, if any of these packages are not present in the version of Python used to start GSAS-II, the program will fail. 
+These packages must be installed after Python is installed, or preferably you can install a Python distribution that includes all of these packages [See platform-specific nstallation instructions: [InstallWindows Windows], [InstallMac Mac OS X] or [InstallLinux Linux]). At present, if any of these packages are not present in the version of Python used to start GSAS-II, the program will not run.