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Copyright (C) 2013-2017 Christian Thomas Jacobs.
Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Christian Thomas Jacobs.
This file is part of PyQSO.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with PyQSO. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
PyQSO
=====
# PyQSO
PyQSO is a contact logging tool for amateur radio operators.
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Installation and running
------------------------
## Dependencies
Assuming that the current working directory is PyQSO's base directory (the directory that the `Makefile` is in), PyQSO can be run without installation by issuing the following command in the terminal:
As the name suggests, PyQSO is written primarily in the [Python](https://www.python.org/) programming language (version 3.x). The graphical user interface has been developed using the [GTK+ library](https://www.gtk.org/) through the [PyGObject bindings](https://pygobject.readthedocs.io). Therefore, before PyQSO can be installed, the Python interpreter must be present on your system along with support for GTK+. On many Linux-based systems this can be accomplished by installing the following Debian packages:
python3 bin/pyqso
If the `pip3` package manager is available on your system then PyQSO can be installed system-wide using:
sudo make install
Once installed, the following command will run PyQSO:
pyqso
Documentation
-------------
The PyQSO documentation is stored in the `docs` directory. It can be built with the following command:
make docs
which will produce an HTML version of the documentation in `docs/build/html` that can be opened in a web browser.
Alternatively, a ready-built version of the PyQSO documentation can be found on [Read the Docs](http://pyqso.readthedocs.io/).
Dependencies
------------
PyQSO depends on the following Debian packages:
* gir1.2-gtk-3.0
* python3
* python3-gi-cairo (for log printing purposes)
* gir1.2-gtk-3.0
* python3-gi-cairo
The following extra packages are necessary to fully enable the grey line tool and the plotting of logbook statistics:
Several extra packages are necessary to enable the full functionality of PyQSO, such as the grey line tool. Many of these (specified in the `requirements.txt` file) can be readily installed system-wide using the Python package manager by issuing the following command in the terminal:
sudo pip3 install -U -r requirements.txt
but the complete list is given below:
* python3-matplotlib (version 1.3.0 or later)
* python3-mpltoolkits.basemap
* python3-numpy
* libxcb-render0-dev
* python3-cairocffi
* [geocoder](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/geocoder) (installable with `pip3` and used for QTH lookups)
* [geocoder](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/geocoder) (for QTH lookups)
* python3-sphinx (for building the documentation)
* python3-hamlib (for Hamlib support)
The following extra package is necessary to build the documentation:
* python3-sphinx
### Hamlib support
There currently does not exist a Python 3-compatible Debian package for [Hamlib](http://www.hamlib.org). This library must be built manually to enable Hamlib support. As per the instructions on the [Hamlib mailing list](https://sourceforge.net/p/hamlib/mailman/message/35692744/), run the following commands in the Hamlib root directory (you may need to run `sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libtool` beforehand):
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export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/path/to/hamlib/bindings:/path/to/hamlib/bindings/.libs
Contact
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## Installing and running
Assuming that the current working directory is PyQSO's base directory (the directory that the `Makefile` is in), PyQSO can be run without installation by issuing the following command in the terminal:
python3 bin/pyqso
If the Python package manager `pip3` is available on your system then PyQSO can be installed system-wide using:
sudo make install
Once installed, the following command will run PyQSO:
pyqso
## Documentation
Guidance on how to use PyQSO is available on [Read the Docs](http://pyqso.readthedocs.io/) and in the screencast below.
[![PyQSO: A Logging Tool for Amateur Radio Operators](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sVdZl9KnDsk/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVdZl9KnDsk)
The documentation can also be built locally with the following command:
make docs
which will produce an HTML version of the documentation in `docs/build/html` that can be opened in a web browser.
## Contact
If you have any comments or questions about PyQSO please send them via email to Christian Jacobs, M0UOS, at <christian@christianjacobs.uk>.