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Python aubio module
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This module wraps the aubio library for python using the numpy module.
See the [Python/C API Reference
Manual](http://docs.python.org/c-api/index.html) and the [Numpy/C API
Reference](http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/c-api.html)
Compiling python aubio on Mac OS X
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Note: the following URLs to download from are given as examples only, you
should check the corresponding pages for newer versions
Download and install python 2.7 from [python.org](http://www.python.org/)
$ curl -O http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/python-2.7.3-macosx10.6.dmg
$ open python-2.7.3-macosx10.6.dmg
# follow the instructions
Download and install [setuptools](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools)
$ curl -O http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg
$ ${SUDO} sh setuptools-0.6c9-py2.4.egg
Download and install [pip](http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html)
$ curl -O https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
$ ${SUDO} python get-pip.py
Download and install [matplotlib](http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/)
$ pip install matplotlib
Alternatively, you can fetch the fully fledged [Scipy
superpack](http://fonnesbeck.github.com/ScipySuperpack/)
$ curl -O https://raw.github.com/fonnesbeck/ScipySuperpack/master/install_superpack.sh
$ sh install_superpack.sh
You should now be able to build the new python module. make sure the
variables are correct in the file `build_osx` before running it:
$ ./build_osx