SF.net SVN: matplotlib: [4746] trunk/toolkits/basemap/README

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Revision: 4746
          http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/?rev=4746&view=rev
Author:   jswhit
Date:     2007-12-16 05:45:45 -0800 (Sun, 16 Dec 2007)

Log Message:
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refine install instructions.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/toolkits/basemap/README

Modified: trunk/toolkits/basemap/README
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--- trunk/toolkits/basemap/README	2007-12-15 21:33:38 UTC (rev 4745)
+++ trunk/toolkits/basemap/README	2007-12-16 13:45:45 UTC (rev 4746)
@@ -87,12 +87,16 @@
 4) To test, cd to the examples directory and run 'python simpletest.py'.
 On linux, if you get an import error (with a message about not
 finding libgeos.so) you may need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment
-to include $GEOS_DIR/lib.
+to include $GEOS_DIR/lib. To run all the examples (except those that
+have extra dependenices or require an internet connection), execute
+'python run_all.py'.
 
 5) if you want the full-resolution coastlines, download 
 basemap-data-fullres-X.Y.Z.tar.gz (about 70 mb), untar
 it, cd into basemap-data-fullres-X.Y.Z and
-run 'python setup-data.py install'.
+run 'python setup-data.py install'.  The fullres dataset does not
+change with every basemap release, so you may need to look back
+a couple of releases on the download page to find it.
 
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