Windows

To install Magellan follow the steps mentioned below.

1. You will first need to download Python v. 2.5 (do not install Python 2.6 because numpy doesn't work with it). There are a fair amount of websites that offer instructions on that (google 'windows install python').
2. Magellan uses the matplotlib library and matplotlib uses the numpy package. After installing python download these two packages (they can both be found at http://sourceforge.net). Choose the packages that correspond to the bit size of your windows operating system.
3. Add the location of python to your path (Right click My Computer - Properties - Advanced - Environment Variables button - Highlight Path - Edit - Add the path, eg. C: $\backslash$Python25).
4. Download the Magellan zip and unzip it to the location you want it.
5. Open the command line prompt and cd into the magellan directory (where the setup.py file is).
6. Write python setup.py install.
7. Magellan should now be installed. Try just typing 'magellan'. You should get the message 'No track data file given'.
8. Try running magellan with the data files that come with magellan.

Now you should be able to run Magellan by writing magellan along with the parameters you want in the command line prompt.