Installation

PyCha can be used on any system that supports Python and Cairo.

Windows

Pycha needs PyCairo to works since it uses the Cairo graphics library. These are the recommended steps for installing PyCairo:

1. Grab the latest PyCairo Windows installer. You need to use the one that matches your Python version so take the one ending in -py2.4.exe for Python 2.4 or the one ending in -py2.5.exe for Python 2.5

2. Install it in your Python environment (just follow the installation program instructions)

3. Put the Cairo dlls inside the pycairo directory inside your site-packages directory or anywhere in your path. You can find the dlls here. Download the following packages:

1. cairo.zip (you just need libcairo-2.dll)
2. libpng.zip (you just need libpng13.dll)
3. zlib.zip (you just need zlib1.dll)

Pycha is distributed as a Python Egg so it is easy to install. You just need to type the following command:

easy_install pycha

Linux

There are three ways to install PyCha in Linux:

Option A (good for new users):

Use your distribution package system.

Ubuntu example:

sudo apt-get install python-pycha

Benefits:

• better integration with your distribution
• it can be uninstalled easily

Option B (good for python veterans):

Use easy_install to get the latest official version. You need to install the setuptools package to use easy_install.

Ubuntu example:

apt-get install python-setuptools

easy_install pycha

Fedora example:

yum install python-setuptools

easy_install pycha

Benefits:

• you always get the latest stable version of PyCha

Option C (good for PyCha developers):

Get a checkout of the subversion trunk branch:

svn co http://www.lorenzogil.com/svn/pycha/trunk pycha

Benefits:

• this is the bleeding edge version of PyCha