If this does not work on default system. Install virtualenv (maybe using pip). After that.:
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r pip-requirements.txt
To go back to default shell:
deactivate
I will also need a set of utilities for reading file. I do the following:
git clone https://github.com/rbiswas4/basicio
cd basicio
python setup.py install --user
I also set the location of the DES directory using setup.sh. This should be modified to point DESData to the directory containing SVAIGOLD