README

LibsensorPy
An extendable python library to manipulate sensors coupled to the Raspberry Pi

WHAT IS NEEDED BEFORE INSTALL?

1) Configure and enable SPI and I2C ports on raspperry:

$ sudo apt-get install python-smbus
$ sudo apt-get install i2c-tools
2.1) For Raspbian users, check /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf and comment "blacklist i2c-bcm2708" and "blacklist spi-bcm2708" by running

$ sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf
and adding a # (if its not there).

# blacklist i2c-bcm2708

# blacklist spi-bcm2708

2.2) For Wheezy or something-other-than-Occidentalis, add the following lines to /etc/modules:

i2c-dev
i2c-bcm2708
spi-bcm2708
and then reboot.

3) Install pigpio:

$ wget abyz.co.uk/rpi/pigpio/pigpio.zip
$ unzip pigpio.zip
$ cd PIGPIO
$ sudo make
$ sudo make install

4) Install setuptools:

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools

How to download and install LibsensorPy:

1) Via pip:

sudo pip install libsensorPy

2) Via wget:

$ wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/l/libsensorPy/libsensorPy-0.0.4.tar.gz
$ tar -zxvf libsensorPy-0.0.4.tar.gz
$ cd libsensorPy-0.0.4/
$ sudo python setup.py install