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# Installation and Dependencies

This project was written using Python 2.6, and tested on Windows 7 32 bit and Linux openSUSE. It should work platform independently and with all Python versions >=2.6 and <3.0. Make sure to have the dependencies listed below installed. (Please let me know when you find bugs: joe.<my last name>@gmail.com)

If you download and copy the code, please make sure that the main folder ComplexNetworkSim along with the dependencies are on your PYTHONPATH.

## Download and install ComplexNetworkSim

First, make sure to have matplotlib and numpy installed. If not, download/install them here: NumPy first then matplotlib next.

Next, if you have setuptools installed, run `easy_install ComplexNetworkSim`. This will automatically also install NetworkX and SimPy, which are needed. (Otherwise download the source code from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ComplexNetworkSim/ manually, and then fetch SimPy and NetworkX )

Finally, I recommend installing ImageMagick if you would like to get animated gif output too (optional).

Once the installation is complete, get started here: Getting started with ComplexNetworkSim

## List and explanation of required dependencies

Matplotlib is a plotting library for Python which is used to generate both the plots and the animated visualisations. It can generate a variety of different plots and figures which can be saved to PNG image files. Download: matplotlib

Matplotlib itself relies on the scientific computing library NumPy which also has be be installed. Download: NumPy

NetworkX is a “high productivity software for complex networks” implemented in Python, allowing manipulation and study of the structure and functions of complex networks. It is required to run code from this project. Download: NetworkX

SimPy (= Simulation in Python) is an object-oriented, process-based discrete-event simulation language based on standard Python. Download: SimPy

## Optional dependency

When running a simulation which includes the creation of a visualisation, the framework will attempt to create an animated gif image once the static png images have been created (and will just display a message to the console to notify you if ImageMagick is not installed correctly). For this, the class animator_gifs is dependant on ImageMagick, as it requires its convert function call to combine multiple static images (.png) into an animated one (.gif). ImageMagick is an open source software suite for displaying, converting, and editing raster image files. It can read and write over 100 image file formats. To make use of it, the ImageMagick convert executable has to be on your system path. Download: ImageMagick

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