2.4.1 Installing on Unix, Linux, and Mac OSX

The source distribution should be uncompressed and unpacked as follows (for example):

gunzip PyPedal-2.0.0a2.tar.gz
tar xf PyPedal-2.0.0a2.tar
Installation is as simple as:
python setup.py install

Source and binary packages (RPMs) are provided for your convenience. In order to install from an RPM you must have access to the root account on your system. To install from the binary RPM:

rpm -Uvh PyPedal-2.0.0a2-1.noarch.rpm
To install from the source RPM:
rpm -Uvh PyPedal-2.0.0a2-1.src.rpm


Important Tip

Just like all Python modules and packages, the PyPedal module can be invoked using either the "import PyPedal" form, or the "from PyPedal import ..." form. Because most of the functions we'll talk about are in the PyPedal module, in this document, all of the code samples will assume that they have been preceded by a statement:
>>> from PyPedal import *



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