1.3.1 Requirements

You have to install a standard Python distribution.
Such a distribution can be found at http://www.python.org for a very wide set of platforms. We experienced the port of Python on Cray and on vectorial computers such as NEC or Fujitsu. The Python version we need is v2.0 (or later, tested with 2.3.3).
The binding we propose here for CGNS uses the Numerical Python arrays. This allow array manipulation using Python, which is very valuable for pre and post processing of data. We suggest you take time to have a look to the powerfull services of the Numerical Python package. This package can be found in the Python web site, in the scientific topics. The exact package name is numarray with 0.8 version.
The CGNS libraries have to be available. We require the libcgns.a librarie for the host platform you have, and the cgnslib.h and ADF.h C header files. Note that the include search path we are looking for ADF.h and not for adf/ADF.h (but this can be changed in the setup.py file).
The librarie version we need is v2.2, and the v2.3.2 has also been tested.