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About NIXPY

The NIXPY project is an extension to NIX and provides Python bindings for NIX.

Development Status

The NIXPY project is now in a Beta stage and should not be seen as a final product.

Getting Started (Linux)

Debian PPA

You can get a ready to install package for Ubuntu "trusty". You have to add & install the following software source to your system:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnode/nix/ubuntu trusty main 
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnode/nix/ubuntu trusty main

by executing

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnode/nix
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-nix

Build NIXPY under Ubuntu 14.04

Dependencies

In order to build the NIXPY library a compiler is needed (gcc, clang). Further nixpy depends on the following libraries:

  • Boost (version 1.56 or higher)
  • NIX (version 0.10.5 or higher)
  • Python (version = 2.7.x) + python-setuptools + python-numpy (version >= 1.8.0)

Instructions

# install dependencies
sudo apt-get install libboost-python-dev build-essential python-dev python-setuptools python-numpy

# clone NIX
git clone https://github.com/G-Node/nixpy
cd nix

# build nixpy
python setup.py build

# run the unit tests
python setup.py test

# install
sudo python setup.py install

Getting Started (Windows)

Windows Installer

You can get a windows installer for both, 32- and 64-bit.

Build NIXPY under Windows

To build NIXPY under windows follow the guide provided under: Win32.md

NIXPY API Documentation

The API documentation can be found here