Installing for the first time and upgrading from previous versions

Mnemosyne runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

Upgrading Mnemosyne

We recommend that Windows users uninstall any old versions of Mnemosyne before installing a new version.

Installation on Windows

A standard binary executable (.exe) is provided for Windows users.

Download Mnemosyne here.

Installation on Mac OS X

A standard disk image (.dmg) is provided for Mac users. Mnemosyne for Mac currently only supports Intel Macs (those sold from 2006- on).

PowerPC Mac users can consult this guide to compiling the dependencies for Mnemosyne on Mac OS X.

Installation on Linux

1. Install the following dependencies:

   • Python 2.4 or later
   • Qt 3.x and PyQt 3.x
   • PyXML
   • pygame and its dependencies
   • If you want to be able to enter formulas using latex syntax, make sure that LaTeX and dvipng are installed.
2. Type 'python setup.py install' as root.
3. Run the application by typing 'mnemosyne'.

Note: in order to install these packages easily on Debian based systems, i.e. Ubuntu, Knopix, Debian, etc., enable the downloading of non-free software via the etc/apt/sources.list configuration file. See http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-tutorial/ch-dpkg.html for more details.

Download Mnemosyne here.

Hacking on Mnemosyne

If you want to contribute to Mnemosyne or want to make any local changes, you will additionally need the following tools:

• Qt-Designer: Useful to modify the .ui xml-files.
• pyuic: required to convert the .ui files to python code.

If you check out the source from subversion, you have to install it by typing 'make' rather than 'python setup.py install'