file: INSTALL G. Moody 10 March 2006
Installation notes for WFDB Python wrappers
If you have not already done so, install the WFDB library, SWIG, and Python:
WFDB (http://physionet.org/physiotools/wfdb.shtml)
SWIG (http://www.swig.org/)
Python (http://www.python.org/)
See 'INSTALL' in the parent of this directory for further information.
To make the wfdb-python module, type:
make
If 'wfdb_python_wrap.c' does not exist already, this command will create it
using SWIG before building the module.
To install the wfdb-python module, type:
make install
This command installs the module (_wfdb.so) and its python interface (wfdb.py).
On most platforms you will need root (administrator) privileges to complete
this step.
To test the installation, type:
make check
This command runs a Python version of the trivial example program from chapter
1 of the WFDB Programmer's Guide:
python ../examples/psamples.py
and compares its output with the expected output (in ../examples/psamples.out).
The output of 'make check' is either 'Passed' or 'Failed'. If you run
psamples.py directly, its output should be:
995 1011
995 1011
995 1011
995 1011
995 1011
995 1011
995 1011
995 1011
1000 1008
997 1008