Setting up your Computer - Mac OS X 10.3

ctypes

There are a couple of places in Transana where we need to access DLLs or shared libraries. We use a module called ctypes to accomplish this. Therefore, the next step in getting your computer ready to work on Transana's source code is to download and install ctypes. Information and downloads are available at http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/. We are currently using version 0.9.6 for Python 2.3.

To install ctypes on the Mac, take the following steps:

1. Unpack the source files.
   
   
2. Open a Terminal window and change to the folder where you unpacked ctypes.
   
   
3. Type:
   
   python setup.py build
   
   
4. Type:
   
   python setup.py install

The last step is internationalization. Eveyone must do this, even if you are working on an English language version of Transana.