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2  Thuban - a geographic data viewer  Thuban - a Geographic Data Viewer
3  =================================  =================================
4    
5    $Date$
6    $Revision$
7    
8  Thuban is an interactive viewer for geographic data. It is written in  Thuban is an interactive viewer for geographic data. It is written in
9  Python using the wxWindows toolkit for portability. It runs on Unix-like  Python using the wxWindows toolkit for portability. It runs on Unix-like
10  systems and on Windows.  systems and on Windows.
# Line 14  Thuban is the name of a star in the cons Line 17  Thuban is the name of a star in the cons
17  About 4000 years ago it was the north star.  About 4000 years ago it was the north star.
18    
19    
20    Requirements
21    ------------
22    
23    Thuban requires the following software to be installed:
24    
25      Python     2.2.1  http://www.python.org
26      wxWindows  2.4    http://www.wxwindows.org
27      wxPython   2.4    http://www.wxpython.org
28      proj       4.4.5  http://www.remotesensing.org/proj/
29      SQLite     2.8.3  http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/
30      PySQLite   0.4.3  http://pysqlite.sourceforge.net
31    
32    The versions given are the lowest versions that are known to work. for
33    proj, sqlite and pysqlite somewhat older versions probably work as well.
34    Note that the wxPython version must be the same as the wxWindows version
35    (Some wxPython binary packages already contain the right wxWindows
36    version)
37    
38    Optional software:
39    
40      GDAL       1.1.8  http://www.remotesensing.org/gdal/
41         for raster image (geo-tiff) support
42    
43      psycopg    1.0.x  http://initd.org/software/psycopg
44         for postgis connections. Newer version probably also work
45    
46    
47  Installation  Installation
48  ------------  ------------
49    
50  Building Thuban:  Building Thuban (this compiles the extension modules but leaves them in
51    a directory under build/):
52    
53     python setup.py build     python setup.py build
54    
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71     python setup.py --help     python setup.py --help
72    
73    
74    If you build from CVS and want to have translated menus, dialogs etc.
75    you have to build the message catalogs manually before you run setup.py.
76    See po/README for more information.
77    
78    
79  License  License
80  -------  -------
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82  Thuban is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License  Thuban is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
83  (GPL).  (GPL).
84    
85    However, some of the extension modules in the extension subdirectory are
86    licensed under other free licenses. See the respective README files for
87    more details.
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