Prototypes for ioncore-python in R2. You need the following installed before you can use ioncore R2: - python 2.7 - virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper modules for your python 2.7 installation - libevent 2.0 - This can easily be installed with Homebrew on a Mac or a package manager on linux. - libyaml 3.0 - You need the -dev or -devel version on linux. If you don't have such a package, use extern/setup-libyaml.sh. - The Homebrew version on a mac is sufficient. - zeromq 2.1.x - The Homebrew version on a mac is sufficient. Now setup a virtualenv with a command like the following (substitute your own name for "ion27"): mkvirtualenv --no-site-packages --python=python2.7 ion27 workon ion27 Next install the python package dependencies with: python setup.py install