Installation

Getting python

First of all, ensure Python is installed on your system. This project was developped with Python 3.12. Other versions may not be compatible.

If it is your first time with Python, we recommend installing python via Miniconda. Many tutorials are available online to help you with this installation process (see for example this one). During the installation, make sure to select “Add Miniconda to PATH”.

Note

Miniconda includes conda, which allows you to create a dedicated Python environment for evpv-simulator. If you’re not using conda, consider alternative environment managers like venv. Manual installation of all dependencies is also possible but not recommended.

Installation

1. (Optional but recommended) Create a virtual environment with Python 3.12 using conda or venv. As stated before, it is not mandatory but recommended to use a dedicated environment. Here is an example using conda to create an environment named evpv-env:

   conda create --name evpv-env python=3.12
   conda activate evpv-env
   

2. Install evpv as a Python package from the GitHub repository:

   pip install git+https://github.com/evpv-simulator/evpv.git
   

Verify installation

To confirm that the installation was successful, run the following command to check that the package can be imported:

python -c "import evpv; print('evpv successfully installed.')"

If this runs without errors and prints the confirmation message, the installation is complete.