Installing

QTlab does not have an installer, so you can just copy it to your hard drive. It does have numerous dependencies on 3rd party software however.

Dependencies

• Python (2.6.x or 2.7.x)
• Numpy (>= 1.4.0), numerical-math functionality (similar to matlab), http://scipy.org
• Scipy (optional >0.7.1), many math routines (like fitting), based on numpy, http://scipy.org
• IPython (>= 0.10), >= 0.11 recommended, http://ipython.scipy.org
• pyreadline (>= 1.5), pyreadline is needed by ipython for 'tab'-completion, http://ipython.scipy.org
• pygtk-all-in-one (>= 2.24.0, http://pygtk.org, libraries used for creating graphical interfaces.
• pyvisa (1.3), library for communication with GPIB/USB/SERIAL instruments, http://pyvisa.sourceforge.net

Also recommended:

• gnuplot (>= 4.3), program used for plotting, http://gnuplot.info
• Console2 (>=2.00), enhanced interface for the windows 'cmd'-terminal, http://sourceforge.net/projects/console
• setuptools 0.6, in case the ipython terminal returns the error 'pkg_resources not found', http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools

To 'install' the last two programs, we recommend the following:

• Make a folder '3rd_party' inside the QTLab folder.
• install (or copy) programs to the 3rd_party folder.
• Make sure that QTlab can find the executables; this should happen by itself because we check for these programs in qtlab.bat. If not, modify qtlab.bat file to include the right PATH.

Running

win32:

qtlab.bat (assumes python installed in c:\python2X, change if needed)

linux: ./qtlab