.. default-role:: literal ============================ Installation of processing ============================ Versions earlier than Python 2.4 are not supported. If you are using Python 2.4 then you should install the `ctypes` package (which comes automatically with Python 2.5). Windows binary builds for Python 2.4 and Python 2.5 are available at http://pyprocessing.berlios.de or http://pypi.python.org/pypi/processing Otherwise, if you have the correct C compiler setup then the source distribution can be installed the usual way:: python setup.py install It should not be necessary to do any editing of `setup.py` if you are using Windows, Mac OS X or Linux. On other unices it may be necessary to modify the values of the `macros` dictionary or `libraries` list. The section to modify reads :: else: macros = dict( HAVE_SEM_OPEN=1, HAVE_SEM_TIMEDWAIT=1, HAVE_FD_TRANSFER=1 ) libraries = ['rt'] More details can be found in the comments in `setup.py`. Note that if you use `HAVE_SEM_OPEN=0` then support for posix semaphores will not been compiled in, and then many of the functions in the `processing` namespace like `Lock()`, `Queue()` or will not be available. However, one can still create a manager using `manager = processing.Manager()` and then do `lock = manager.Lock()` etc. Running tests ------------- To run the test scripts using Python 2.5 do :: python -m processing.tests and on Python 2.4 do :: python -c "from processing.tests import main; main()" This will run a number of test scripts using both processes and threads.