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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Installation script for python and stuff
+# Christoph Niethammer <niethammer@hlrs.de> (C) 2011
+# Jose Gracia          <gracia@hlrs.de>     (c) 2011
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+source "functions.sh"
+
+export ORIGDIR=`pwd`
+export SIT_DIR=$(dirname "$ORIGDIR/$0")
+#echo $SIT_DIR
+
+export SRC_POOL=${HOME}/src
+export WORKDIR_BASE=${HOME}/work
+
+PYTHON_VERSION=2.7.1
+SETUPTOOLS_VERSION=0.6c11
+CAIRO_VERSION=1.2.2
+PYGRAPHVIZ_VERSION=1.0
+NETWORKX_VERSION=1.4
+PYGTK_VERSION=2.10.6
+PYGOBJECT_VERSION=2.12.3
+
+#export BASE_PREFIX=${HOME}/opt/python
+export BASE_PREFIX=/sw/laki/hlrs/python
+PREFIX=${BASE_PREFIX}/${PYTHON_VERSION}
+MAKEOPTS="-j4"
+
+
+
+function sit_auto_install() {
+	export WORKDIR=$WORKDIR_BASE/${P}
+	export SRCDIR=${WORKDIR}/${P}
+	export BUILDDIR=${WORKDIR}/build
+	if [ -d ${WORKDIR} ]
+	then
+		rm -rf ${WORKDIR}
+	fi
+	mkdir -p ${WORKDIR}
+	mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}
+	mkdir -p ${PREFIX}
+	cd ${WORKDIR}
+	sit_unpack
+	sit_configure
+	sit_build
+	sit_install
+}
+
+
+# install python interpreter
+P=Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}
+A=Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tar.bz2
+sit_auto_install
+
+
+# set python variables to installation
+export PATH=$PREFIX/bin:$PATH 
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PREFIX/lib
+echo "Python interpreter installed under"
+echo "   $PREFIX"
+
+# install setuptool
+chmod +x ${SRC_POOL}/setuptools-${SETUPTOOLS_VERSION}-py2.7.egg
+${SRC_POOL}/setuptools-${SETUPTOOLS_VERSION}-py2.7.egg
+
+
+# install additional packages under PREFIX
+#   and use python setup.py install --prefix $PREFIX
+echo "Installing additional python modules/packages under"
+echo "   ${PREFIX}"
+echo "Use '--prefix=${PREFIX}' with distutils."
+
+
+# install pycairo
+echo "Installing pycairo ${CAIRO_VERSION}"
+P=pycairo-${CAIRO_VERSION}
+A=${P}.tar.gz
+sit_auto_install
+
+
+# install pygraphviz
+echo "installing pygraphviz ${PYGRAPHVIZ_VERSION}"
+P=pygraphviz-${PYGRAPHVIZ_VERSION}
+A=${P}.tar.gz
+easy_install --allow-hosts None -f ${SRC_POOL} pygraphviz
+
+
+# install networkx
+echo "installing networkx ${NETWORKX_VERSION}"
+easy_install --allow-hosts None -f ${SRC_POOL} networkx
+
+
+
+# install pygtk
+echo "Installing pygtk ${PYGTK_VERSION}"
+P=pygtk-${PYGTK_VERSION}
+A=${P}.tar.bz2
+sit_auto_install
+
+# install pygobject
+echo "Installing pygobject ${PYGOBJECT_VERSION}"
+P=pygobject-${PYGOBJECT_VERSION}
+A=${P}.tar.gz
+sit_auto_install
+
+
+exit 0