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Python wrappers for SBIG (tm) Universal Driver
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This is a Python wrapper to SBIG (tm) Universal Driver libraries for
Linux.

The installation is easily done using setuptools easy_install script,
which will check the required Python packages and install install any
if necessary.

``easy_install python-sbigudrv``

To install this package you will need:

`Numpy`_ >= 1.0.3.

`SWIG`_ (optionally, but recommended). Only if you need to regenerate the included
pre-generated wrapper.

`libusb`_. It's widely available. It works with the stable (0.1) version, not the new in
development 1.0.

You'll also need Python developer package.

On Ubuntu, use the following to install all dependencies:

``sudo apt-get install python-dev python-numpy swig libusb-dev``

.. _Numpy: http://numpy.scipy.org
.. _SWIG: http://www.swig.org
.. _libusb: http://libusb.sourceforge.net

Author
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Paulo Henrique Silva <[email protected]>, `Astrophysics Group`_,
`Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina`_.

.. _Astrophysics Group: http://www.astro.ufsc.br
.. _Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: http://www.ufsc.br


LICENSE
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Copyright 2008 Paulo Henrique Silva <[email protected]>

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.


DISCLAIMER
==========

This is project is not sponsored or endorsed by Santa Barbara
Instrument Group, Inc.

This package contains the original SBIG (tm) libraries for Linux
kindly packaged by `Jan Soldan`_, Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov,
Czech Republic.

.. _Jan Soldan: http://pleione.asu.cas.cz/~soldan/software/software.html