This section is a short overview of the build and installation procedure of MychemAdmin.
MychemAdmin is written in Python and requires the following software:
Python - Python is a powerful programming language. You can get it from the Python website. MychemAdmin has been successfully tested with Python 2.4 and Python 2.5.
MySQLdb - a Python module that handle MySQL connection. You can download it from the project home page.
PyQt4 - Python binding for Qt4. The software is available from the Riverbank website .
The installation of MychemAdmin is based on the setup.py
script. This uses
distutils;
the standard Python mechanism for installing packages. For the easiest
installation just enter the command:
#python setup.py install
For more details about the available options, look at the Installing Python Modules distutils documentation, available from: http://www.python.org/sigs/distuils-sig/doc/