README

Prerequisites:
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* python source
* numpy
* pythonbio
* zlib
* freetype
* libpng
* matplotlib

Installing prerequisites on Ubuntu:
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sudo apt-get install python-dev
sudo apt-get install python-numpy
wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg
sudo sh setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg
sudo easy_install -f http://biopython.org/DIST/ biopython
sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev
freetype, libpng, and matplotlib can be obtained from sourceforge.net

Building curious_snake:
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Simply invoking 'make' in the curious_snake directory should build the necessary libraries included in the checkout (libsvm).

Testing:
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To test that the system was setup properly, try the following commands in the python interpreter:

import curious_snake
curious_snake.run_experiments_hold_out(["data//data.txt"], "test_run", num_runs=2, upto=200)

If the run on the test data completes successfully, a plot of the results will appear.