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Advanced installation

Most users should just install the program using pip install xpecgen.

This document gives some additional details only interesting for some users.

Requisites

You need python (either 2 or 3) with the following packages to run this program:

matplotlib, numpy, scipy, XlsxWriter, tk

The last one is only needed if you want to make use of the GUI.

You can install a scientific python distribution providing them or you can install only what you need. The first is recommended for Windows users, the latter for Linux users.

Install a scientific python distribution:

For example you can try Anaconda. Since this will install pip, you might want to use the pip installer.

Install python and the packages:

  • Download python for your OS. See specific instructions to install from repositories below.
  • Use the pip installer (recommended) or manually install the additional packages. See specific instructions below for installs based on python 3.X.

Windows

As a general advice, forget it. Scipy depends on lots of C, Cython and Fortran code that needs to be compiled before use. I suggest you just go for a scientific python distribution.

There are also some alternatives which are actually Linux in disguise:

  • In Windows 10 you can make use of the bash shell to install from the Ubuntu repositories. Check out this guide and the Ubuntu specific instructions. (I have not tested this yet).
  • Install Ubuntu (or any other Linux) in a virtual machine using VirtualBox.
  • Switch to Linux.

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-matplotlib python3-numpy python3-scipy python3-xlsxwriter python3-tk

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S python python-matplotlib python-numpy python-scipy python-xlsxwriter tk

Fedora

(Not tested)

sudo yum install -y python-pip
sudo yum install -y lapack lapack-devel blas blas-devel 
sudo yum install -y blas-static lapack-static
sudo pip install numpy
sudo pip install scipy
sudo pip install openpyxl

On Fedora 23 onwards, use dnf instead of yum

Download and run

You can also download and execute the program without installing it, as long as you meet the requisites. Download and extract the zip file of the repository. To start the GUI, open xpecgen/xpecgenGUI.py as a package with your python interpreter:

python -m xpecgen.xpecgenGUI