Kwant can be installed either using prepared packages (Debian, Ubuntu, and Arch variants of GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows), or it can be built and installed from source.
Kwant can be installed either using prepared packages (Debian, Ubuntu, and Arch
variants of GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows), or it can be built and
installed from source.
In general, installation from packages is advisable, especially for novice
users. Expert users may find it helpful to build Kwant from source, as this
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<http://www.python.org/download/>`_.
3. Open a command prompt, as described in "How do I get a command prompt" at
the `Microsoft Windows website <http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/command-prompt-faq>`_.
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6. Download the necessary packages (with the ending ``.whl``) for your
operating system (32 or 64 bit) and Python version (e.g. ``cp27`` for Python
2.7) from the `website of Christoph Gohlke
<http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/>`_. For Kwant, we recommend to download at least `NumPy <http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#numpy>`__, `SciPy <http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#scipy>`__, `Matplotlib <http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#matplotlib>`__, `Nose <http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#nose>`__, `Tinyarray <http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#tinyarray>`__, and `Kwant <http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#kwant>`__ itself.
7. Now open a command prompt with administrator rights, as described in
"How do I run a command with elevated permissions" at the
`Microsoft Windows website <http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/command-prompt-faq>`_.
<http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/>`_. For Kwant, we recommend to