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 Right now I have an example in test.py that tests the functionality in panda3d. Go to panda3d.org to download it and then run the script with python test.py.
 
 
+Startup Guide
+-------------
+
+Install python-cairo, python-gobject, python-gi-cairo
+
+On Ubuntu:
+
+    sudo apt-get install python-cairo python-gobject python-gi-cairo -y
+
+To run test.py and gtktest.py, you'll need panda3d and pygtk respectively
+
+    sudo apt-get install python-gtk2
+
+You'll have to go to https://www.panda3d.org/download.php?sdk&version=1.8.1 to get the latest version, or compile it from source if your OS isn't supported.
+
+After that, you should be able to run
+
+    python test.py
+    
+or
+
+    python gtktest.py