ActivePapers is a tool for working with executable papers, which combine data, code, and documentation in single-file packages, suitable for publication as supplementary material or on sites such as figshare.

The ActivePapers Python edition requires Python 2.7 or Python 3.2/3.3 plus the following libraries:

• NumPy 1.6 or later (http://numpy.scipy.org/)
• HDF5 1.8.7 or later (http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/)
• h5py 2.2 or later (http://www.h5py.org/)
• tempdir 0.6 or later (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/tempdir/)

Installation of ActivePapers.Py:

python setup.py install

This installs the ActivePapers Python library and the command-line tool "aptool" for managing ActivePapers.

For documentation, see the ActivePapers Web site.

ActivePapers development takes place on Github.

Runnning the tests also requires the nose library. Once it is installed, run

nosetests

from this directory.