Installation of Python¶

Pylake can be installed on Windows, Linux or Mac, with the following prerequisites:

Python 3.6 or newer (Python 2.x is not supported)
The SciPy stack of scientific packages

If you’re already familiar with Python and have the above prerequisites, installing Pylake is just a simple case of using pip, Python’s usual package manager:

pip install lumicks.pylake

Alternatively, if you’re using Anaconda:

conda install lumicks.pylake -c conda-forge

If you are new to Python/SciPy, more detailed installation instructions are available below.

Anaconda¶

The easiest way to install Python and SciPy is with Anaconda, a free scientific Python distribution for Windows, Linux and Mac.

Windows

Go to the Anaconda website and download the Python 3.6 installer.
Run it and accept the default options during the installation.
Open Anaconda Prompt from the Start menu. Enter the following command a press enter. This will enable the conda-forge:
```
conda config --add channels conda-forge
```
Finally, enter the following command to install Pylake:
```
conda install lumicks.pylake
```

That’s it, all done. Check out the Tutorial for some example code and Jupyter notebooks to get started.

Linux

Go to the Anaconda website and download the Python 3.6 installer.
Open a terminal window and run:
```
bash Anaconda3-x.x.x-Linux-x86_64.sh
```
Follow the installation steps. You can accept most of the default values, but make sure that you type yes to add Anaconda to PATH:
```
Do you wish the installer to prepend the Anaconda3 install location
to PATH in your /home/<user_name>/.bashrc ? [yes|no]
[no] >>> yes
```
Now, close your terminal window and open a new one for the changes to take effect.

Next, enable conda-forge:

conda config --add channels conda-forge

Finally, install Pylake with the following command:
```
conda install lumicks.pylake
```

That’s it, all done. Check out the Tutorial for some example code and Jupyter notebooks to get started.

macOS

Go to the Anaconda website and download the Python 3.6 installer.
Run it and accept the default options during the installation.
Open Terminal and run the following command to enable conda-forge:
```
conda config --add channels conda-forge
```
Finally, install Pylake with the following command:
```
conda install lumicks.pylake
```

That’s it, all done. Check out the Tutorial for some example code and Jupyter notebooks to get started.

Updating¶

If you already have Pylake installed and you want to update to the latest version, just run:

conda update lumicks.pylake

Troubleshooting¶

If you run into any errors after installation, try updating all conda packages to the latest versions using the following command:

conda update --all