# Installation

There is no need to compile anything since the whole program is just a Python script. Just run it, and that's all.

PySol requires Python 1.5.2 and Tcl/Tk 8.0.5 or better. Both packages are freely available for Unix, Windows and Macintosh platforms.

## Unix

There are good chances that your system already ships with Python and Tcl/Tk.
Otherwise visit http://www.python.org/download/ for full source code.

Also, installable packages exist for all major Linux distributions, FreeBSD and HPUX.

## Windows 95/98 and NT

Self installing exectuables for Python and Tcl/Tk are available from
http://www.python.org/download/download_windows.html

#### Quick instructions:

- Download py152.exe. This is a ~5 MB file which contains the full Python & Tcl/Tk distribution.
- Install it.
- Download the PySol Windows setup file.
- Install it.
- Enjoy PySol :-).

## Macintosh

Self installing exectuables for Python and Tcl/Tk are available from
http://www.python.org/download/download_mac.html

As I don't have access to a Mac I'd appreciate any detailed feedback on installation and look & feel. "Porting" from X11 to Windows only required some minor changes in the default font settings, so I hope the situation on Macs is similar.

[ I have been told that PySol works fine on a Mac - just drop "pysol.py" on the Python interpreter and that's it. But for some reason you must assign a large amount of memory to the Python interpreter. ]

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