Testing…

Test environments

• Fedora 9, x86 (clean "Desktop" install in  VirtualBox)
• OpenSUSE 11.0, x86 (clean "Desktop" install in  VirtualBox)
• Ubuntu 8.10, x86 (clean "Desktop" install in  VirtualBox)

python setup.py install

Fedora 9. Installed RPMs/packages:

• python-devel
• numpy
• scipy
• matplotlib
• dvipng
• psyco (optional? test_signals)
• mencoder (from  http://rpm.livna.org) required by test_signals.py
• PyNN (0.4.1) required by test_signals.py
• ncurses-devel, readline-devel, gsl-devel, autoconf, automake, libtool (building NEST2) required by test_signals.py
• ? test_srblib.py (!)
• ipython required by examples/parameter_search/*
•  progressbar required by examples/spike2/*
• FUTURE: cython or pyrex (optional, but for much better performance)

OpenSuSE 11.0. ( Science repository!)

• python-devel
• python-numpy
• python-scipy
• python-matplotlib
• texlive-latex required by test_plotting.py
• psyco (optional, test_signals)
• MPlayer (=> mencoder) (from Packman repository) required by test_signals.py
• PyNN (0.4.1) required by test_signals.py
• libncurses-devel, readline-devel, gsl-devel, autoconf, automake, libtool (building NEST2) required by test_signals.py
• ...
• ...
• ... TODO!
• FUTURE: cython or pyrex (optional, but for much better performance)

Ubuntu 8.10.

• python-numpy
• python-scipy
• python-matplotlib
• python-tk
• texlive-latex-extra required by test_plotting.py (type1cm.sty)
• mencoder required by test_plotting.py
• ? (PyNN.nest2) required by test_signals.py
• ? test_srblib.py
• python-rpy required by test_stgen.py
• psyco (optional)

PyPI && easy_install

• PyPI upload tested
• easy_install tested

  miniroot@ubuntu-810-desktop:~$ sudo easy_install NeuroTools
  Searching for NeuroTools(package source,
  Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/NeuroTools/
  Reading http://neuralensemble.org/NeuroTools
  Best match: NeuroTools 0.1.0
  Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/N/NeuroTools/NeuroTools-0.1.0.tar.gz#md5=d63982f90b8104d18c49a8079c353620
  Processing NeuroTools-0.1.0.tar.gz
  Running NeuroTools-0.1.0/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-H5BCww/NeuroTools-0.1.0/egg-dist-tmp-rxIWkv
  build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/NeuroTools/sandbox.py:168: SyntaxWarning: import * only allowed at module level
    def run_simulations(model,url,tag):
  zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
  Adding NeuroTools 0.1.0 to easy-install.pth file
  
  Installed /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/NeuroTools-0.1.0-py2.5.egg
  Processing dependencies for NeuroTools
  Finished processing dependencies for NeuroTools
  

public repos

•  http://pypi.python.org/pypi/NeuroTools
•  http://software.incf.org/software/neurotools/home

Distribution packages

• DEB: dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc works.
  • Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) deb tar.gz
  • Debian:
    • Etch(-nhalf): Python 2.5 fails... (missing numpy/scipy/matplotlib for 2.5) as Python 2.4 is default version.
    • Testing (Lenny): deb tar.gz
    • Unstable: TODO
• RPM: python setup.py bdist_rpm works.
  • openSuSE 11.0: RPM SRPM
  • Fedora 9: RPM SRPM