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==Project Description== | ==Project Description== |
Revision as of 16:01, 11 January 2013
Home < 2013 Project Week:PythonModulesKey Investigators
- Dave Welch, University of Iowa SINAPSE
- Hans Johnson, University of Iowa SINAPSE
- JC, UNC-Chapel Hill
Project Description
Objective
- Adding Python modules into the Slicer environment is currently cumbersome and difficult to do. With the growth of Python as a scientific research tool, Slicer should provide an easy mechanism for inclusion of Python modules on the fly.
- We will discuss with lead Slicer developers how to best implement a user-friendly approach to improve Python importing. Our work will be tested and documented on the Slicer wiki.
Approach, Plan
- Discussions with JC, Steve, Andrey, and interested Python programmers
- Document best approaches
- Implement work in Slicer 4.3
Progress
- JC has implemented and documented the steps required to install external Python packages into the Slicer environment [[1]]
TODO
- Add the Python function install_distributions into the slicer.util module
- Rename to importExternalPythonModules() ?
- Add inclusion of distribute and pip installs to the CMake build (default: OFF)