PyZgoubi is developed on Linux, but can also be installed on MacOS X and Windows.
PyZgoubi follows standard Python install methods, but requires a few packages to be installed first.
PyZgoubi requires Python 2.5-2.7. It also requires the python math and science packages, Numpy and SciPy. For some graphical functions it uses Matplotlib.
On linux Python 2 is usually already installed. Other packages can be installed using the package manager, for example on Fedora/Red Hat/Scientific:
sudo yum install numpy scipy python-matplotlib
Or on Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo apt-get install python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib
On MacOS X Python 2 is already installed. The simplest method to install the scientific packages is with the Enthought Canopy distribution
The simplest method to install python and the scientific packages is with the Enthought Canopy distribution
Or the packages can be installed from the SciPy website
Some additional packages are useful if you want to run development versions of PyZgoubi and Zgoubi.
GCC/GFortran, Subversion and Bazaar can be installed with the package manager,for example on Fedora/Red Hat/Scientific:
sudo yum install gcc gcc-gfortran subversion bzr patch
Or on Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo apt-get install gcc gfortran subversion bzr
You need Mingw to compile Zgoubi on windows. Get the file mingw-get-setup.exe from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/ or http://www.mingw.org/
From the MinGW Installation manager make sure you have:
mingw-developer-toolkit
mingw32-base
mingw32-gcc-fortran
You need subversion to get development versions of Zgoubi https://subversion.apache.org/ Windows packages can be downloaded from http://www.sliksvn.com/en/download
You need Bazaar to get development versions of PyZgoubi http://bazaar.canonical.com/
Zgoubi is the tracking engine at the heart of PyZgoubi. Compiled binaries and source code of Zgoubi can be downloaded from the Zgoubi website
Some features in PyZgoubi require features in the development branch of Zgoubi. The development source can be downloaded using SVN:
svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/zgoubi/code/trunk zgoubi-code
PyZgoubi includes an automatic script for building a development version of Zgoubi that has been confirmed to be compatible. Once PyZgoubi and the additional requirements above have been installed Zgoubi can be built with the command:
pyzgoubi --install-zgoubi
You will then need to edit your PyZgoubi configuration file to use this build. Edit the settings.ini file in the .pyzgoubi folder in your home directory, and add the path line given by the previous command.
Specific versions can be built:
pyzgoubi --install-zgoubi 570
pyzgoubi --install-zgoubi list # to see a list of avaliable versions
Additional build options can be given:
pyzgoubi --install-zgoubi MXSTEP=1000
This allows adjusting some of the compile time parameters found in the include/ files, for example
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| MXSTEP | Maximum steps per magnet |
| MXL | Maximum elements in line |
| MXT | Maximum number of particles |
| MXX, MXY | Maximum steps in X and Y for field maps |
| IZ | Maximum steps in Z for field maps |
You need to have the following already installed PyZgoubi, Subversion and minGW.
To activate the minGW tools for this terminal you need to temporarily add to the PATH variable.:
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\MinGW\bin;C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin
then build with:
pyzgoubi --install-zgoubi
if you are have 32bit MinGW you might need to do:
pyzgoubi --install-zgoubi 365_32bit
You will then need set this zgoubi in the pyzgoubi settings. edit the settings.ini file in .pyzgoubi in your home folder, and add a line like:
zgoubi_path = C:\Users\sam\.pyzgoubi\bin\zgoubi_365_32bit.exe
In C:MinGWmsys1.0 you will find msys.bat. Double clicking this will give you a terminal with the GNU tools required for building Zgoubi.
Make sure the minGW path is set properly in msys (see http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started ). For me I had to rename the file fstab.sample to fstab in C:MinGWmsys1.0etc
Manual install of Zgoubi: (see below for auto install) To build Zgoubi download the source zgoubi-5.1.0.zip from https://sourceforge.net/projects/zgoubi/ Extract the source folder, and cd into it from the msys terminal:
cd /c/Users/sam/Documents/zgoubi-5.1.0/
edit the Makefile in this folder. You need to add a ‘#’ to the lines that contain ‘cd zpop’, as zpop cannot be built on Windows.
Then type:
make
If this completes without errors, try running:
zgoubi/zgoubi.exe
You should see a message:
PGM ZGOUBIL error open file zgoubi.dat
This means that Zgoubi has compiled.
Once the requirements are installed, PyZgoubi itself can be installed.
PyZgoubi can be installed with the tool pip:
pip install --user pyzgoubi
I recommend that the PyZgoubi source and install are kept together in a folder. Create a new folder, for example:
mkdir ~/zgoubi
cd ~/zgoubi
mkdir install
mkdir src
To install are release version download the tar.gz file from the PyZgoubi website. Download it into the ~/zgoubi/src directory, and unzip it:
cd ~/zgoubi/src
tar -xf pyzgoubi-0.4.91.tar.gz
cd pyzgoubi-0.4.91
Or to get a development version:
cd ~/zgoubi/src
bzr branch bzr://pyzgoubi.bzr.sourceforge.net/bzrroot/pyzgoubi/trunk pyzgoubi-trunk
cd pyzgoubi-trunk
Then to install:
./setup.py install --prefix=~/zgoubi/install
You will then nee to edit you bash set up use PyZgoubi. Edit you .bashrc, add the lines as instructed by the output of the previous command, e.g.
export PYTHONPATH=/home/sam/zgoubi/install/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH
export PATH=/home/sam/zgoubi/install/bin:$PATH
To check your install open a new terminal and run:
pyzgoubi --version
If you want to use PyZgoubi’s auto install script for Zgoubi check the ‘Automatic Zgoubi Install’ section now.
You may need to edit you settings.ini file in the .pyzgoubi folder, to adjust settings and to set the path to your Zgoubi install.
To keep everything neat its is work making a folder to keep PyZgoubi source code and install in.:
C:\Users\sam>mkdir pyzgoubi
C:\Users\sam>cd pyzgoubi
C:\Users\sam\pyzgoubi>mkdir source
C:\Users\sam\pyzgoubi>mkdir install
C:\Users\sam\pyzgoubi>cd source
To get the current developement (you need Bazaar installed) version run:
C:\Users\sam\pyzgoubi\source>bzr branch bzr://pyzgoubi.bzr.sourceforge.net/bzrroot/pyzgoubi/trunk pyzgoubi-trunk
C:\Users\sam\pyzgoubi>cd pyzgoubi-trunk
C:\Users\sam\pyzgoubi\source\pyzgoubi-trunk>python setup.py install --prefix=C:\Users\sam\pyzgoubi\install
The installer will prompt you to add another path to your PATH, eg:
C:\Users\sam\pyzgoubi\install\Scripts
To do this go to the environment variables control panel, and add to the end of the Path variable (using a semicolon ‘;’ to separate it from the existing entries).
If you then open a new command prompt, and run:
pyzgoubi --version
you should see some output showing which version of PyZgoubi and its dependencies you are running.