\subsubsection*{Windows }

The provided software archive contains all the necessary dependencies. It is a windows 64 version (tested on windows 7 and 10). It can be started using “\+Runpiper.\+bat”. No installation or administrative rights are needed.

\subsubsection*{Linux }

On linux we rely on the distribution package management system. To run the P\+I\+P\+E\+R application, the required packages are\+: \begin{DoxyVerb}python2.7, python-numpy, libxml2-utils, freeglut3
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Some functionnalities rely on octave scripts and a few octave toolboxes, to be able to use them, install the additionnal packages\+: \begin{DoxyVerb}octave, liboctave-dev, unzip
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And then install the octave packages, start octave and proceed with\+: \begin{DoxyVerb}$ octave-cli
octave:1> pkg install -forge io
octave:2> pkg install -forge statistics
octave:3> pkg list
Package Name  | Version | Installation directory
--------------+---------+-----------------------
          io  |   2.4.2 | /home/thomas/octave/io-2.4.2
  statistics  |   1.2.4 | /home/thomas/octave/statistics-1.2.4\end{DoxyVerb}
 