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Installation
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Prerequisites
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Quantities has a few dependencies:

* Python_ (>=2.6)
* NumPy_ (>=1.3)

in order to run the test suite, you will need:

* nose_

The following are also suggested for anyone contributing to
quantities:

* distribute_ (>=0.6.10) or setuptools_ (=>0.6c11)
* coverage_

Source Code Installation
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To install Quantities, download the Quantites sourcecode from PyPi_
and run "python setup.py install" in the quantities source directory.

Development
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You can follow and contribute to Quantities' development using git::

  git clone git@github.com:darrendale/python-quantities.git

Bugs, feature requests, and questions can be directed to the github_
website.


.. _Python: http://www.python.org/
.. _distribute: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute
.. _setuptools: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools
.. _NumPy: http://www.scipy.org
.. _nose: http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose
.. _coverage: http://nedbatchelder.com/code/modules/rees-coverage.html
.. _PyPi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/quantities
.. _github: http://github.com/python-quantities/python-quantities
