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Merged Joseph Weston requested to merge installation-instructions into master
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Mac OS X
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`Pre-built packages <#conda>` for Max OS X exist for the ``conda`` package
manager, which is a part of the `Anaconda` Python distribution.
`Pre-built packages <#conda>`_ for Max OS X exist for the ``conda`` package
manager, which is a part of the ``Anaconda`` Python distribution.
Using ``conda`` is the recommended way to install Kwant on Mac OS X.
If you do not want to use the ``conda`` packages, you can always install Kwant
using `pip`_. Or by directly building `from source`_.
using `pip`_. Or by directly `building from source`_.
We previously maintained Homebrew and Macports packages for Kwant, but due to
effort required to keep them up to date we have dropped support for these
@@ -222,9 +222,10 @@ dependencies so that you can use the `IPython notebook <http://ipython.org/noteb
``conda``
---------
``conda`` is the package manager for the Anaconda Python distribution, and
Kwant currently has packages for GNU/Linux and Mac OS X platforms.
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``conda`` is the package manager for the Anaconda Python distribution.
Kwant currently has ``conda`` packages for GNU/Linux and Mac OS X platforms.
1. Download the Python 3.6 verision of `Anaconda <https://www.continuum.io/downloads>`_ for
your platform and install it.
@@ -285,11 +286,12 @@ required by Kwant. Kwant has several non-Python dependencies:
+ Lapack
+ `MUMPS <http://graal.ens-lyon.fr/MUMPS/>`_.
If you using a GNU/Linux system then your distribution probably has packages for
these libraries; you will need to install the `-dev` versions of the packages.
If you using a GNU/Linux system then your distribution probably has packages
for these libraries; you will need to install the `-dev` or `-devel` versions
of the packages.
As an example, on a Debian or Ubuntu system, the following
command will install the non-Python prerequisites of Kwant::
command will install the non-Python dependencies of Kwant::
sudo apt-get install build-essential gfortran libopenblas-dev liblapack-dev libmumps-scotch-dev
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Building from source
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====================
If no packages are available for the system you use, or if you would like to
build Kwant from source for another reason (expert users may want to customize
Kwant to use certain optimized versions of libraries), please consult the
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