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Requirements and installation
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Requirements
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To use this module you need the following software packages:

 1. Python 2.4;
 2. ll-core (1.3 or never);
 3. XIST (2.14.1 or never);
 4. To make use of the generated Oracle functions, you need an Oracle
    installation;
 5. To create the Oracle functions from Python you need one of the
    Python extension modules for Oracle. You can either use cx_Oracle
    or DCOracle2.
 6. if you want to install this package as an egg, you'll need
    setuptools.


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Installation
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setuptools is used for installation so you can install this module with
the following command:

    easy_install ll-toxic


If you want to install from source, you can download one of the
distribution archives, unpack it, enter the directory and execute the
following command:

    python setup.py install


This will install toxic.py as part of the ll package.

For Windows a binary distribution is provided. To install it, double
click it, and follow the instructions.

If you have difficulties installing this software, send a problem
report to Walter D?rwald (walter@livinglogic.de).
