= Build Instructions for Linux (Ubuntu) =
The following instructions concern Ubuntu 14.04 but should provide sufficient guidelines for any linux distribution.

== Download source code for !SasView == 
- To obtain the source code you need to have git running. if you haven't already got it, it can be obtained from Ubuntu repository
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sudo apt-get install git
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- The easy way to download !SasView code is by simply cloning a git repository
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git clone https://github.com/SasView/sasview
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- This will create a sasview folder in your current directory
 
== Install dependencies using apt-get == 
- Scientific python packages (numpy, scipy) together with matplotlib, pylint and wxgtk2.8 can be installed by running
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sudo apt-get install python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib pylint python-wxgtk2.8
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- For wxgtk3.0 read "Build instructions" at http://www.wxpython.org

== Install pip ==
- The remaining dependencies can be installed using pip, which can be obtained by running the following:
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wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
sudo python get-pip.py
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== Install dependencies using pip ==
- Once pip is obtained the remaining dependencies are installed by:
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sudo pip install unittest-xml-reporting
sudo pip install bumps
sudo pip install periodictable
sudo pip install sphinx
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== Compile !SasView ==
- Then one can navigate to a !SasView source directory (most likely "cd sasview") and simply run
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python setup.py build      # will build the package underneath 'build/'
python setup.py install    # will install the package
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- sudo commnand might be required for a global installation

== Building the Help Docs ==
The process for building the help docs has been steadily evolving. The latest instructions might be found [http://trac.sasview.org/wiki/BuildDocs here]