
README for the Debian gretl packages

1) Support for X-12-Arima and Tramo/Seats de-seasonalization programs

   Since version 1.0.1, gretl can support the external stand-alone
   programs x12a [by the U.S. Census Bureau, see
	http://www.census.gov/srd/www/x12a/
   for documentation, source code and binaries] and tramo/seats [by
   the Bank of Spain, see
	http://www.bde.es/servicio/software/econome.htm].

   Allin Cottrel provides rpm as well as alien(1)-generated deb 
   packages for both x12arima and tramo/seats. They are available from 
   the gretl web site at
	http://gretl.sourceforge.net/
   as well as from Allin's ftp site at
        ftp://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu:/pub/gretl
   in the i386 binary form.

   Moreover, a script x12arima.sh is installed by the gretl package in
   the directory /usr/share/doc/gretl/examples/utils/tramo_x12/. It
   can be used to dowmload, compile and install the x12arima program 
   directly from the source code available at the U.S. Census web site.
   This should make it suitable for non-i386 platforms.  At some
   point, a standard Debian package may be created from these
   sources. If you are interested in having such a package, drop me a
   line.

   Tramo/seats is not available in source form. A few polite email to
   the authors may change that.

 -- Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>, Sat Sep  6 11:57:05 2003
