- Python 2.5+
- Exempi 2.1.1
- Linux or OS X (see notes below for Windows)
The short version of installation is:
python setup.py install
Note, in case you haven’t installed Exempi you will get an ExempiLoadError exception once you try to load libxmp.
Python XMP Toolkit requires Exempi 2.1.1 which can be downloaded from http://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/wiki/Exempi. To install Exempi, unpack the distribution and run:
./configure
make
sudo make install
Note Exempi requires boost (http://www.boost.org/) to compile, so on OS X you probably need to run configure with one of the following options.:
./configure --with-darwinports
./configure --with-fink
Warning
Only Exempi 2.1.1 compiles on OS X and Exempi 2.1.1 also fixes an issue over 2.1 that could lead to complete crash of the Python interpreter.
Note
Exempi 2.1.1 uses the Carbon version of QuickTime API. In Mac OS X 10.6 however Carbon support for QuickTime was dropped, so Exempi 2.1.1 will no longer compile out-of-the-box on Snow Leopard. If you install Exempi via MacPorts, then a patch for this problem is automatically fixed.
The library has not been tested on Windows, and nor has any serious effort been made to test it. Hence, developers wanting to use the library on Windows are encouraged to try it out and let us know if it works.
The library ought to work on Windows, if Exempi can be compiled as a DLL using e.g. Cygwin.