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Obtaining a development snapshot

As a developer you might be interested in direct access to the latest release of the MicrobeGPS source code. Here, we recommend using the development version available in the Git repository. This allows you to modify the MicrobeGPS code, update the taxonomy files or integrate new [GPS modules] easily.

Prerequisites

• Python (2.7)

Python packages:

• PyQt4 (4.9)
• setuptools (1.3, optional)

Installation

1. Clone the Git repository to your local computer
2. Make your modifications (optional ;-) )
3. Run MicrobeGPS by calling python run.py from the main directory
4. Install with python setup.py install. This will automatically place a script in your PATH and you can run MicrobeGPS just by typing MicrobeGPS on the console.

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