Dabo - Some brief installation notes.

PREREQUISITES:
+ Python (we recommend the latest, currently 2.4.x)
+ MySQLdb (to run the demos)
+ wxPython (we recommend the latest, currently 2.6.x)
+ reportlab

INSTALLATION:
As root or administrator, execute the following shell command:
	python setup.py install

That's it! 



PRIOR INSTRUCTIONS (OUT OF DATE)
Dabo is a runtime library, which your applications will import using standard 
Python syntax. Therefore, it needs to be in PYTHONPATH, so that your 
'import dabo' statements will find it. The easiest way to do this is to put 
dabo into your Python installation's site-packages directory. The easiest way 
to find out where this is on your system (yes, it varies, so we can't just tell
you where it is) is to start Python and query sys.path.

For instance:

[pmcnett@sol dabo]$ python
Python 2.3.2 (#1, Oct  6 2003, 10:07:16)
[GCC 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys
>>> sys.path
['', '/home/pmcnett/dl/python/wxPythonSrc-2.5.1.5/wxPython', '/usr/lib/python23.zip', 
'/usr/lib/python2.3', '/usr/lib/python2.3/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib/python2.3/lib-tk', 
'/usr/lib/python2.3/lib-dynload', '/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages', 
'/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/PythonCAD', '/usr/local/gnue/lib/python']

I can see that my site-packages directory is installed in 
/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages. So I can then copy or symlink the dabo root 
directory there to make it importable. You will likely need administrative 
privileges to do this on your system, unless you happen to be running Windows,
which most likely will let you write to any location that you want.

If you would rather put dabo somewhere else, you can put a text file called 
dabo.pth inside your Python site-packages directory. The contents of this file 
must specify the parent directory where Dabo can be found. For instance, if 
you put Dabo in c:\programs\myprogs\dabo, you'll need your dabo.pth to say 
'c:\programs\myprogs'.