PyQt can be used on Windows, Unix/X11 and
soon OS X, but BlackAdder is only available for Windows and
Unix/X11 (due to licensing restrictions).
Windows
To install BlackAdder on Windows you need the following components:
Python. (Be careful to choose
the version of Python that is right for your version of
BlackAdder.)
BlackAdder.
The BlackAdder Qt module.
And eventually, the Egenix MX ODBC module, if you want to do database work.
Now it's simply a matter of installing
the components, one after another. Every component is provided
in a comfortable Windows installer package.
BlackAdder will now be ready to run
— a friendly icon has appeared on your desktop, just
begging to be clicked.
Linux
There are rpm packages for a lot of
distributions: Mandrake, RedHat and SuSE. Additionally, there
is a .tgz package for Slackware.
Installing BlackAdder does not differ
from installing any other package for your favorite
distribution — you can use a fancy gui like
KPackage, or type
boud@calcifer:~/tmp > rpm --install BA-personal-1.0Beta3-1_tkc_suse71.i386.rpm
on the command line, if you're
installing the 3.1 beta for SuSE Linux. The actual name of the
rpm will vary, of course.
Additionally, you might want to set two
environment variables in your .bashrc
file. Installing BlackAdder and Python in the default location
isn't necessary, but if you deviate from the standard
BlackAdder installation directory, you need to set the
following variables.
export BLACKADDERDIR=/usr/lib/BlackAdder export
BLACKADDERPYTHON=/usr/local/bin/python
Now, simply typing "ba" on the command
line will start BlackAdder.