POMP (Python OpenGL mmap plotter) install instructions

Quick install (experts)

make sure you have the following installed:

• Python 2.7.x
• NumPy
• pyglet 1.1.x

Step by Step install

1) Windows:

A) install Python

If you are planning to run this program on Windows (32bit and 64 bit), make sure to install the 32bit version of Python. The 64bit version of Python on Windows won't work with pyglet!

  E.g.: python-2.7.3.exe

B) install setuptools

Download and install the 32bit version of setuptools (see http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools).

  E.g.: setuptools-0.6c11.win32-py2.7.exe

C) install Numpy package

  $ cd c:\python27\Scripts   
  $ easy_install numpy

D) configure Nvidia driver

Set the Nvidia driver 3D settings to performance if you want highest FPS.

1) Linux:

On Ubuntu 12.04 you can do:

$ sudo apt-get install python-numpy pyglet

On Ubuntu < 12.04 do:

$ sudo apt-get install python-numpy

now install pyglet by hand as described in 2B

2) Installing a recent version of pyglet (< version 1.2):

A) Windows

download from https://code.google.com/p/pyglet/downloads/list

E.g.: pyglet-1.1.4.msi 

or checkout from repository using TortoiseHg (http://tortoisehg.bitbucket.org)

d:
cd d:\code\pyglet
c:\Python27\python.exe setup.py install

B) Mac & Linux

$ hg clone https://pyglet.googlecode.com/hg/ pyglet  
$ sudo python setup.py install 

3) Ubuntu / Linux only: in case the application does freeze, make sure the following requirements are met:

• Nvidia driver version 280.13; we experienced lot's of problems with versions 290 & 295.
• latest pyglet dev version is installed (see point 2). We experienced very poor performance with both pyglet-1.1.2 and pyglet-1.1.4 that ship with Ubuntu.