Setup NEURON

gistfile1.py

import os
import sys
from subprocess import check_output as co
from distutils.core import run_setup

class working_dir(object):
    """Context manager for changing the current working directory"""
    def __init__(self, newPath):
        self.newPath = newPath

    def __enter__(self):
        self.savedPath = os.getcwd()
        os.chdir(self.newPath)

    def __exit__(self, etype, value, traceback):
        os.chdir(self.savedPath)

nrnpath = '/home/virgo/neuron'
os.mkdir(nrnpath)
with working_dir(nrnpath):
	print co(['wget', 'http://www.neuron.yale.edu/ftp/neuron/versions/v7.3/nrn-7.3.tar.gz'])
	print co(['tar', 'xzvf', 'nrn-7.3.tar.gz'])
	print co(['mv', 'nrn-7.3', 'nrn'])
	os.chdir('nrn')
    
	path = os.getcwd()
	pyexec = sys.executable
	co(["./configure --prefix=%s --without-iv --with-nrnpython=%s"%(path,pyexec)], shell=True)
	print co(['make'])
	print co(['make', 'install'])

	os.chdir('src/nrnpython')
	run_setup('./setup.py', ['install'])