The basic module of pNbody needs python and additional packages :
- Python 2.5 or higher
http://www.python.org
- numpy-1.0.4) or higher
http://numpy.scipy.org/
- Imaging 1.1.5 or higher
http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/
- Python megawidgets 1.2 or higer (only usefull for some graphics capabilities)
http://pmw.sourceforge.net/
For the parallel capabilities, an mpi distribution is needed (lam,mpich) as well as the
additional python mpi wrapping:
- mpi4py
http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/mpi4py
In order to convert movies in standard format (gif or mpeg), the two
following applications are needed :
- convert
- ppmtompeg
Release 4.0, documentation updated on February 2008.
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