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PyGPlates beta revision 18
==========================

Documentation may be found on the GPlates website at:
  http://www.gplates.org/docs.html

Information about this release may be found on the GPlates website at:
  http://www.gplates.org/news.html#gplates210


This release consists of the following files:

    'pygplates_rev18_docs.zip':
        pyGPlates documentation
          - (also available online at http://www.gplates.org/docs.html)
          - extract 'pygplates_rev18_docs.zip' to your hard drive, and
          - open 'pygplates_rev18_docs/index.html' in a web browser

    'pygplates_rev18_python27_MacOS64.zip':
        a pre-built 64-bit library for MacOS Snow Leopard (and above)

    'pygplates_rev18_python27_win32.zip':
        a pre-built 32-bit library for Windows 7 (and above)

    'pygplates_rev18_winsrc.zip':
        a source zip file for Windows

    'pygplates_rev18_unixsrc.tar.bz2':
        a source tarball for Linux

    'pygplates-ubuntu...':
        packages for Ubuntu (32-bit Intel and 64-bit AMD)
            14.04 LTS (trusty)
            16.04 LTS (xenial)
            17.10     (artful) and
            18.04 LTS (bionic)
        ...refer to the "PyGPlates Ubuntu Packages" section below


This release requires Python 2.7.


The pyGPlates source code and binaries are distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

PyGPlates compiles and runs on Linux, MacOS X 10.6 (and above), Windows 7 (and above).


PyGPlates Ubuntu Packages
=========================

To install pyGPlates on Ubuntu, download the .deb file appropriate for your system and double-click on it. Packages are available for 14.04 LTS (Trusty), 16.04 LTS (Xenial), 17.10 (Artful) and 18.04 LTS (Bionic).

If you do not know which version of Ubuntu is installed,
open a terminal and enter the following:
    cat /etc/lsb-release
and note the codename displayed.

PyGPlates will then be installed to /usr/lib/pygplates/revision18/. Note that this will overwrite older pyGPlates releases, if present.

Note: You will need to set the PYTHONPATH environment variable as follows:
    export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/lib/pygplates/revision18
...see "Getting started" in the pyGPlates documentation.

For sample data you can install GPlates 2.1.
This places the sample data in /usr/share/gplates/SampleData/.
Source: readme.txt, updated 2018-08-07