1 Prerequiste

The basic module of pNbody needs python and additional packages :

  1. Python 2.3 or higher
    http://www.python.org

  2. numarray 1.4.1 or higher
    http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/numarray

  3. Imaging 1.1.5 or higher
    http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/

  4. Gtools-1.0
    http://aramis.obspm.fr/ revaz/Gtools/

  5. pyfits
    http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyfits

For the parallel capabilities, an mpi distribution is needed as well as the aditional python wrapping:

  1. mpi4py
    http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/mpi4py

In order to convert movies in standard format (gif or mpeg), the two following applications are needed :

  1. convert
  2. ppmtompeg

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