8 Hooke is routinely run successfully on Windows and Linux based
9 systems. It is possible to run it happily on Mac OS X (though install
10 can be a bit trickier). Technically, Hooke should run wherever the
11 Python_ programming language is installed.
13 You'll need the following Python modules:
17 * Matplotlib_ (for generating plots)
18 * wxPython_ (for the GUI)
20 .. _Numpy: http://numpy.scipy.org/
21 .. _Scipy: http://www.scipy.org/
22 .. _Python: http://www.python.org/
23 .. _Matplotlib: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/
24 .. _wxPython: http://www.wxpython.org/
29 Hooke_ is available as an Subversion_ repository::
31 $ svn checkout http://hooke.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ hooke
33 There is also a `GUI fork`_ (Rolf Schmidt)::
35 $ svn checkout http://hooke.googlecode.com/svn/branches/illysam/ hooke
37 And a `fork`_ versioned in Mercurial_ (W. Trevor King)::
39 $ hg clone http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~wking/code/hg/hgwebdir.cgi/hooke/ hooke
41 There are also periodic bundled releases. See the homepage for each
42 fork for details. For example, get the most recent snapshot of
43 Trevor's fork in zip form with::
45 $ wget -O hooke.zip http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~wking/code/hg/hgwebdir.cgi/hooke/archive/tip.zip
48 .. _Hooke: http://code.google.com/p/hooke/
49 .. _GUI fork: http://code.google.com/p/hooke/wiki/HookeGUI
50 .. _fork: http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~wking/code/hg/hgwebdir.cgi/hooke/
51 .. _Subversion: http://subversion.tigris.org/
52 .. _Mercurial: http://mercurial.selenic.com/
60 $ python setup.py install
62 to install Hooke. Run::
64 $ python setup.py install --help
66 to see a list of installation options you may want to configure.
68 Running Hooke from the source directory
69 =======================================
71 If you like, you can avoid installation by running Hooke directly from
72 it's source directory::
74 $ wget -O hooke.zip http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~wking/code/hg/hgwebdir.cgi/hooke/archive/tip.zip
79 You may need to give the full path for Python on Windows systems, and
80 also check that the current working directory (`.`) is in your
81 `PYTHONPATH`. See :manpage:`python(1)` for details.