[ bid monkey v2 installation ]

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### Unix
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You should be able to launch bid monkey out-of-the-box on most Unix
installations if you have Python 2.3, PyGTK 2.0, Gnome 2.0, and GTK2 installed.
If the GUI can't be started due to failures in loading gtk/gtk.glade ensure that
your Python path is set correctly. ie:

    export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/

Where X.Y represents the version of your Python installation. You will also need
the PyCURL module (SSL enabled), available here:

    http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/download/pycurl-7.12.2.tar.gz


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### Win32
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Windows installation should be very straight forward. You will need to install:

Python for win32:
    http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.3.2/Python-2.3.2.exe

GTK runtime environment for win32:
    http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gtk-win/GTK-Runtime-Environment-2.2.4.exe?download

PyGTK module for win32:
    http://www.pcpm.ucl.ac.be/~gustin/win32_ports/binaries/pygtk-2.0.0.win32-py2.3.exe

PyCURL module (SSL enabled):
    http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/download/pycurl-ssl-7.12.2.win32-py2.3.exe

If you setup your environment variables correctly then you should be able to
launch bid monkey from anywhere. Otherwise create a small .bat wrapper that
resembles the following:

    PATH=%PATH%;c:\Python\DLLs;c:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\lib
    c:\Python\python.exe bid_monkey.py

A sample .bat wrapper scripts is included in the bid monkey package that does
just that and starts the bid monkey GUI.
