Editors

To edit code and use PyGraphics, you need an editor. The official Python Wiki has a list of programmer’s editors and a list of integrated development environments .

Windows¶

Download and install the 32bit Python 2.7 installer from the 2.7 release page .

Download and install the Python Imaging Library, PyGame, NumPy, Ampy, and PyGraphics:

• PIL 1.1.7
• Pygame 1.9.2
• Numpy 1.6.1
• Ampy
• PyGraphics

C:\Python27\Scripts\easy_install.exe nose

Now you should be ready to use the PyGraphics package in your code.

Mac OS X¶

Download and install the 32-bit Mac Installer from the 2.7 release page .

Download and install NumPy:

• NumPy 1.6.1

Download and install PIL, pygame, ampy, and PyGraphics (all are on a single disk image; make sure to run all four!):

• PyGraphics-2.1

easy_install nose

Now you should be ready to use the PyGraphics package in your code.

Linux¶

Get PyGraphics:

svn checkout http://pygraphics.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ pygraphics-read-only

In the main pygraphics folder, run the setup file to install PyGraphics to your local installation directory:

python setup.py install --user

Download ampy-1.2.3.tar.gz from the Downloads page , and follow the same procedure to install it as for PyGraphics.

Download and install Python’s imaging package, NumPy, and PyGame. They are available via apt-get:

apt-get install  python-imaging-tk python-numpy python-pygame

If you intend to run PyGraphic’s test suite, install Nose:

apt-get install python-nose

Now you and PyGraphics should be ready to make beautiful music (and pictures!) together.