Re: [python-control-discuss] easily downloading and installing v. 0.5b

[Ryan K. <rk...@si...>]

FYI, I just booted into Windows 7 to test an installer I made.  It
seems to have worked and I think this is all I did:
python setup.py bdist_wininst

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Ryan Krauss, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville



On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:37 AM, Ryan Krauss <rk...@si...> wrote:
> Thanks.
>
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> Ryan Krauss, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> Mechanical Engineering
> Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Richard Murray <mu...@cd...> wrote:
>> OK, control-0.5b.tar.gz is up on the SourceForge site.
>>
>> -richard
>>
>> On 14 Feb 2012, at 22:06 , Richard Murray wrote:
>>
>>> I'll try to generate a 0.5b snapshot tonight and put it up on source forge.  I haven't done a windows installer before, so not sure about that part.
>>>
>>> -richard
>>>
>>> On 14 Feb 2012, at 21:32 , Ryan Krauss wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am going to demonstrate using python-control in my class tomorrow.
>>>> We are finally at a point where my students need it for homework.  Is
>>>> there a snapshot of v. 0.5b that can be downloaded somewhere?  My
>>>> students will need things to work without slycot.
>>>>
>>>> They will need an easy way to download and install 0.5b.  Some of them
>>>> are reluctant Python users who won't know how to download and install
>>>> the latest source from svn (we may lose them to another control design
>>>> software if we don't help them - you know which one I speak of - the
>>>> horror!).
>>>>
>>>> I can use distutils to make tarballs, zip files, and windows
>>>> installers from whatever is on my harddrive, but I don't know if that
>>>> is best or necessary.
>>>>
>>>> Further, some of my students will be working on university computers
>>>> where they won't have the ability to install the module on the C
>>>> drive.  I think the best solution for them will be to basically create
>>>> a folder in the directory where they are working on their homework
>>>> called "control" and copying everything in the "src" folder into that
>>>> directory.  Is there a way to make distutils create a windows
>>>> installer for this situation?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Ryan
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Ryan Krauss, Ph.D.
>>>> Assistant Professor
>>>> Mechanical Engineering
>>>> Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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