Installation¶
MoPAnDA is a Python-based tool which means it is relying on the Python programming language, developing environment, and its dependencies. Therefore, Python is required to be able to use or develop the script version of MoPAnDA.
Make sure you are Pythoned!
If you have not yet installed Python in your system, or you don't have prior experience with Python, we recommend followiing Python Setup section and install Anaconda or Miniconda accordingly.
There are currently two ways of having MoPAnDA in your computer (only for Windows users currently):
- Installing via GitHub
- Downloading excutive software
with GitHub recommended¶
MoPAnDA can be directly used from GitHub by directly downloading the whole repository or cloning the repository which might be useful if you want to use the very latest version:
On GitHub.com, navigate to the MoPAnDA GitHub main page.
Above the list of files, click Code.
In the dropdown list, click Download ZIP.
Make sure you have Git installed.
Open Git Bash.
Change the current working directory to the location where you want the cloned directory.
Type following command into Git Bash:
with Excutable¶
Excutable version of MoPAnDA can be downloaded from the Release page of the MoPAnDA project.
Warning
Note that the excutable version of MoPAnDA bundles some actively-developing open-source packages, which will introduce unknown and unpredictable errores as MoPAnDA has not been extensively tested with data outside of authors' domain.
Using the distibuted source code is recommanded.