Installation

I recommend using the conda package and environment manager to install ASteCA in an isolated Python environment. To install conda, follow these steps:

1. Go to https://conda.io/miniconda.html and download the appropriate version for your system. I will assume in what follows that you are running a 64 bit Linux system.

2. Open a terminal instance where this file was downloaded, and install with the command:

   $ bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
   

   Select yes when asked: Do you whish the installer to prepend the Miniconda3 install location to PATH in your ~/path?

3. Restart your terminal for the changes to take effect.

4. Create a virtual environment for ASteCA with the command:

   $ conda create --name asteca python=3.11
   

5. Activate the environment:

   $ conda activate asteca
   

   Important

   You can tell that the environment is activated because its name is now shown in the terminal before the $ symbol as:

   (asteca) $
   

   You need to activate this environment each time before attempting to run ASteCA.

6. Finally, install ASteCA with:

   (asteca) $ pip install asteca
   

If everything went well, you can now access a Python shell within your conda environment and import ASteCA:

(asteca) $ python
Python 3.11.5 (main, Sep 11 2023, 13:54:46) [GCC 11.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import asteca
>>> asteca.__version__