(1) Install SFA command line tools (sfi.py): http://svn.planet-lab.org/wiki/SFAInstallationGuide (2) Install PyQt4 For Linux: You can use the package manager to install PyQt4 For Mac: You'll need to download and install Qt, PyQt and Sip from the following links: http://qt.nokia.com/downloads http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/sip/download http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download