INSTALL

# General installation
Create virtual environment with dependencies:

    make venv

Alternately use an existing virtual environment:

    ./build_venv.sh virtual_env_filepath

Finally, if you wish to use your already activated virtual env (or system
Python) invoke build_venv.sh without args:

    ./build_venv.sh

Test everything is working:

    make test

## Dependencies
All the python dependencies are recorded in the python\_requirements file.

# Mac OSX
If using home brew Python matplotlib may require a symlink so it can find the freetype X11 headers. Link with:

    brew link freetype

or manually link with:

    sudo ln -s /usr/X11/include/freetype2/freetype/ /usr/X11/include/freetype

Then install matplotlib with pip after loading the virtual env. e.g.:

    . load_env
    pip install $(grep matplotlib python_requirements)