(This page applies only to the 1.x branch of SVGFig.)

How to install

1. Download the latest version of SVGFig from the Downloads tab.
2. Unpack the archive (your browser might do this automatically). In Unix/Linux, the command is

tar -xzvf svgfig-x.y.z.tgz

3. Run the installer script, =setup.py=, with Python.

cd svgfig/
python setup.py install

4. To install in your home directory (e.g. if you don't have superuser privileges)

python setup.py install --home=~

5. Now you should be able to load the svgfig library in Python:

Python 2.4.3 (#2, Oct  6 2006, 07:52:30) 
[GCC 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import svgfig

Known problems (and solutions)

None yet.