INSTALLATION: SimPy

This file describes the installation of SimPy 1.7.1.

In order to install SimPy on your system, you will need to perform the following steps:

1. Check that you have Python 2.2 or a later version installed on your system. If necessary, download it from http://www.python.org and install it.
2. Download and unpack the SimPy archive into a folder (using option "Use folder names" in WinZip, "Re-create folders" in Linux Archive Manager, or similar option in your unpacker). This will create a SimPy-1.7 folder with all source code and documentation. Run "python setup.py install" in that folder. This will install the SimPy programs in a folder on the Python search path (typically /Lib/site-packages).
3. Run one or more of the programs under /SimPy-1.7.1/SimPyModels to see whether Python finds the SimPy module. If you get an error message like "ImportError: No module named SimPy", move the SimPy folder into a directory which you know to be on the Python module search path (like /Lib/site-packages).
4. Read the tutorial and manuals and build your own simple models. A few lines of Python with SimPy calls can already model significant real systems.

Enjoy simulation programming in SimPy!