diff --git a/sandbox/diagnose.py b/sandbox/diagnose.py
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+#import sys
+import platform
+
+print "Platform", platform.system(), platform.release()
+print "Distro", platform.dist()
+print "Python", platform.python_version()
+
+
+import rtree
+
+print "rtree", rtree.__version__
+
+
+import shapely
+import shapely.geos
+
+print "shapely", shapely.__version__
+print "GEOS library", shapely.geos.geos_version
+
+
+from PyQt4 import Qt
+
+print "Qt", Qt.qVersion()
+
+
+import numpy
+
+print "Numpy", numpy.__version__
+
+
+import matplotlib
+
+print "MatPlotLib", matplotlib.__version__
+print "MPL Numpy", matplotlib.__version__numpy__
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