Installation
For the impatient
Down load the tarball and unpack:
$ tar zxf ScrumPy.tgz
Now cd into the freshly created directory then (as root):
# python install.py
This will create a launcher script - /usr/local/bin/ScrumPy by default - which can be simply run from the command line.
Prerequisites
OS
We currently use debian/squeeze as our development platform, and if you have the choice this is reccomended as you should then be able to continue in impatient mode.
ScrumPy should install on any Linux distribution, possibly after editing the configuration file install_conf.py, and probably on most other unix variants.
We don't have a Windows version, and we are not currently planning one. If anyone is interested in porting ScrumPy to windows please get in touch. As far as I am aware, there are only two places in the source that would require modification, both of which are concerned with loading shared objects.
Python
Python 2.6 or 2.7 are recommended. 2.8 would probably be OK, but has not yet been fully tested, and may produce verbiage concerning Python 3 issues. Python 3 will almost certainly not (at present) work. ScrumPy will (currently) run on 2.5, but this is effectively obsolete and thus not recomended.
SBML
SBML functionality depends on libsbml libsbml . This is not distributed as part of ScrumPy, so must be installed separately. Version 5.5 is reccomended. Later versions will probably be OK, but haven't yet been tested.
Other dependencies
All other dependencies are automatically taken care of by the install script, bit be sure to read the configutation instuctions below.
Configuration
General
Configuration details are held in the file install_conf.py. The default file is suitable for Debian and Ubuntu platforms (and most likely other Debian derivatives). Follow the lik for explanations.
The file install_conf_SUSE.py is suitable for OpenSUSE (and likely SUSE as well) distributions. If using these then copy install_conf_SUSE.py to install_conf.py
Initial testing
The ScrumPy installation script will produce a lot of verbiage on your terminal, however this mainly reportage/diganostic information related to the compilation of the varous C libraries. If you see explicit errors here, it is most likely due to missing or non-standard development packages. Another possibility is your C compiler is stricter than gcc 4.4.5 currently distributed with Squeeze. If you do get errors at this point check install_conf.py and if the problem remains unfixable, get in touch.
Once installed Scrumpy can be run by simply entering Scrumpy at the command line. You should then see the main ScrumPy window shown below. Additional messages appearing here or at the terminal are informational and/or warn of missing optional components, and shoul can be ignored.
