Windows
Microsoft Windows is not the OS we use for development, so we are not providing anything fancy (such as a .msi installer) at this time. Nonetheless we have successfully tested plasduino under Windows and we do put some effort in trying and make sure that's still the case as we release new versions.
Installing the pre-requisites
Windows not having a package manager makes the installation of the stuff that is required to run plasduino somewhat more tedious.
- Install
python.
The python download page
provides precompiled Windows installers (.msi files) for 32 and 64 bit
machines. After you have installed python you should make sure you're
able to invoke it from the command line (i.e. from the DOS prompt), as
this will save you time in the following steps. This basically involves
adding the python installation directory to your
%PATH% environment variable; you might find some useful information here. - Install PyQt. This is easy. The PyQt4 download page provides precompiled Windows installers; just make sure you pick the one matching your python version and your architecture (i.e., 32 vs. 64 bits).
- Install pyserial. Interestingly enough, the up-to-date official
download page doesn't
seem to be offering a Windows installer. You'll have to download the
compressed archive, extract it and run
python setup.py installfrom a command prompt (from within the top-level directory in the uncompressed archive). You'll find plenty of information about how to do that on the internet (including how to extract a .tar.gz archive).
- Install
avrdude. Grab the latest
.tar.gz archive from the
avrdude download area and
extract it in your favourite location (e.g.,
C:\Program Files\avrdude ). You'll have to make sure you're able to invoke avrdude from the command line (i.e., you have to add the folder with the avrdude binaries to your%PATH% environment variable). - Install
arduino. Along the same lines, grab
the zipped archive from the
arduino software download page
and extract it to your favorite location (e.g.,
C:\Program Files\arduino ).
Installing plasduino
Since, again, we do not distribute precompiled packages for Windows, the only way you can install plasduino at this time is from the source tarball, using distutils. Download the platform-independent tarball, uncompress it, change directory in the top-level folder and type:
Good luck!