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PyXPlot is presently only supported for Linux. It requires that the following software packages (not included) be installed:
| bash | (The bash shell) |
| python | (Version 2.4 or later) |
| scipy | (Python Scientific Library) |
| latex | (Used for all textual labels) |
| dvips | (Needed to render textual labels) |
| gs | (Ghostscript; needed for the landscape terminal) |
| convert | (ImageMagick; needed for the gif, png and jpg terminals) |
The following package is not required for installation, but it is not possible to use the X11 terminal, i.e. to display plots on screen, without it:
| gv | (Ghostview; used for the X11 terminal) |
Debian users can find this software in the packages tetex-extra, gv, imagemagick, python2.4, python2.4-scipy.