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### 1.1.3.1 Additional Software

The following tools are not included within the distribution of Plucker. You will find a list where to obtain these tools below.

- Python: a scripting language. Uses in the parser to retrieve contents from the web and put it into Plucker format for the Palm OS hand-held device. Compression of the documents is also handled by the Python parser.

  Python is required on all supported platforms.

- At least one of the following: Python Image Library (PIL), ImageMagick or NetPBM. These tools are used for the image handling, but are not needed if you pluck all your data without images.

- Some transfer tool to transport the retrieved data to your hand-held. Most likely you have this already installed.