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# SLALOM - Open-Source Solar Cell Multivariate Optimizer
# Copyright(C) 2012-2019 Sidi OULD SAAD HAMADY (1,2,*), Nicolas FRESSENGEAS (1,2). All rights reserved.
# (1) Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire Matériaux Optiques, Photonique et Systèmes, Metz, F-57070, France
# (2) Laboratoire Matériaux Optiques, Photonique et Systèmes, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, Metz, F-57070, France
# (*) sidi.hamady@univ-lorraine.fr
# SLALOM source code is available to download from:
# https://github.com/sidihamady/SLALOM
# https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01897934
# http://www.hamady.org/photovoltaics/slalom_source.zip
# Cite as: S Ould Saad Hamady and N Fressengeas, EPJ Photovoltaics, 9:13, 2018.
# See Copyright Notice in COPYRIGHT
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>>> The complete documentation is located in the Guide directory. <<<

Solar Cell Multivariate Optimizer requirements:
* Python version 2.7.x or later
* numpy version 1.5 or later
* scipy version 0.13.1 or later
* matplotlib version 1.3.x or later
* tkinter 8.5 or later (required only for the GUI monitor)

Linux:
    * Python is already installed with almost any Linux distribution.
    * For RedHat (or clones such as CentOS or Scientific Linux, or Fedora), numpy, scipy and matplotlib can be installed using yum:
    sudo yum install python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib python-matplotlib-tk python-tools

    cd /opt
    wget --no-check-certificate https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.12/Python-2.7.12.tar.xz
    tar -xvf Python-2.7.12.tar.xz
    cd Python-2.7.12
    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
    make && make altinstall
    wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
    python2.7 get-pip.py
    python2.7 -m pip install --upgrade numpy
    python2.7 -m pip install --upgrade scipy


Windows:
    Two methods (at least!) to install Python and scipy/numpy/matplotlib under Windows:
        1. * Download Python: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2712/
            * Choose preferebly Python 2.7.12 and install it
            * install scipy/numpy/matplotlib/tkinter modules from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ using pip (pip install module.whl)
        2. Download and install the Anaconda distribution: https://www.continuum.io/downloads
            * preferably pick Python 2.7 version