Python wrappers for SBIG (tm) Universal Driver
==============================================

This is a Python wrapper to SBIG (tm) Universal Driver libraries for
Linux.

The installation is easily done using setuptools easy_install script,
which will check the required Python packages and install install any
if necessary.

``easy_install python-sbigudrv``

To install this package you will need:

`Numpy`_ >= 1.0.3 (which is automatically installed if you doesn't
have one).

`SWIG`_ (optionally). If you need to regenerate the included
pre-compiled wrapper.

And, SBIG Universal Driver requires:

`libusb`_. Use your distro packager to install it, it's widely
available. It works with the stable (0.1) version, not the new in
development 1.0.

.. _Numpy: http://numpy.scipy.org
.. _SWIG: http://www.swig.org
.. _libusb: http://libusb.sourceforge.net

Author
------

Paulo Henrique Silva <ph.silva@gmail.com>, `Astrophysics Group`_,
`Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina`_.

.. _Astrophysics Group: http://www.astro.ufsc.br
.. _Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: http://www.ufsc.br


LICENSE
=======

Copyright 2008 Paulo Henrique Silva <ph.silva@gmail.com>

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.


DISCLAIMER
==========

This is project is not sponsored or endorsed by Santa Barbara
Instrument Group, Inc.

This package contains the original SBIG (tm) libraries for Linux
kindly packaged by `Jan Soldan`_, Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov,
Czech Republic.

.. _Jan Soldan: http://pleione.asu.cas.cz/~soldan/software/software.html

