Installation Instructions for Pondus
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Pondus is developed and tested on Debian GNU/Linux, but should run on
every system, where the requirements (Python (>= 2.4), PyGTK (>= 2.12),
python-elementtree (only for Python < 2.5); Matplotlib is recommended)
are available.

Testing without installation
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You can test pondus without installing it by executing `pondus.py`.


Installation Instructions
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Linux/Unix:
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Pondus is available in Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux and Frugalware.

On other systems, install Pondus by executing in the source directory
(as root):

    python setup.py install

The development package for python (python-devel or similar) is needed
for this, so please install it first.

Then, you can start Pondus (remember to switch back to the normal user)
with:

    pondus

or from the menu of your desktop environment.


Windows:
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A Windows installer can be found at
    http://www.ephys.de/software/pondus/[]

However, before installing Pondus, you have to make sure that Python,
GTK+, and PyGTK are installed (NumPy and Matplotlib are recommended).
The installation directions for (Py)GTK can be found at
    http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq21.001.htp[]

Then, Pondus can be installed by executing the provided installer.

The executable script to start Pondus should now be in

    C:\Python<version>\Scripts\pondus-win.py
