pysim and Linux (Ubuntu Hardy)

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Using "pysim" with Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) - and probably other Linux distros as well:

1) download pySim's sourcecode from sourceforge:
# login anonmyously - just hit "enter" at the password prompt:

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cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@simreader.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/simreader login

# download the cvs source:

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cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@simreader.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/simreader co -P pySimReader

2) Apply Stephen Murdoch's patches:
# download the patches and store them in patches/ subfolder of pySimReader:
S. Murdoch's pysim patches

# apply patches in the following order:

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patch < patches/rename-icon.patch
patch < patches/use-wxversion.patch
patch < patches/pypcsc-wrapper.patch
patch < patches/import-pypcsc.patch

3) Install PCSC infrastructure:
# install and start "pcscd" and "libpcsclite"

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apt-get install pcscd libpcscdlite-dev
/etc/init.d/pcscd start

# download PyCSC:
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyCSC/0.3
(WARNING! Don't mistake it with an older version (0.0.3) of pycsc, you might find on the web)

# install PyCSC as root:

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python setup.py build
python setup.py install