scyther/gui/INSTALL.txt
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1. Installation
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For installing Scyther on systems running Microsoft Windows, proceed to
'2. Windows'. For installing Scyther on systems running a version of the
Linux operating system, proceed to '3. Linux'.
2. Microsoft Windows
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Windows users that already have the Python language installed are
advised to follow the generic installation procedure (detailed in
Section 4 below) to install the remaining items. If you don't have (or
are not sure) whether you already have python, the following two steps
will get Scyther up and running:
2.1. Install GraphViz
This library is used by the Scyther tool to draw graphs. It can be
freely downloaded from:
http://www.graphviz.org/
Download the latest stable release and install it.
2.2. Install Enthought Python
Visit:
http://code.enthought.com/enthon/#download
Download the latest release at the bottom of the page, and install it.
Note that this is a fairly large file (+- 125 MB) which can take a
while to download.
2.3. Start scyther
Double-click:
scyther-gui.py
In the directory where you found this file.
3. Linux
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For Linux users, it is easiest to follow the generic installation
procedure (detailed in Section 4 below).
Note for Ubuntu users: all required packages are directly available from
universe.
4. Generic Installation
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4.1. Requirements
To be able to use Scyther, you need the following things:
4.1.1. The GraphViz library.
This library is used by the Scyther tool to draw graphs. It can be
freely downloaded from:
http://www.graphviz.org/
Download the latest stable release and install it.
4.1.2. Python and Python libraries.
The graphical user interface of Scyther is written in the Python
language. Consequently, the following things are required:
Name: Where to download:
Python http://www.python.org/download/
wxPython (*1) http://www.wxpython.org/download.php
cElementtree http://effbot.org/zone/celementtree.htm
*1: Note that there are many different wxPython packages. Any package
that matches your Python version (currently 2.4) will do just fine.
4.2. Running Scyther
Start Scyther by executing the file
scyther-gui.py
in the directory where you found this file.