Installation

ChaosMagPy relies on the following (some are optional):

• python>=3.6

• numpy (>=2 if python>=3.12)

• scipy

• pandas

• cython

• h5py

• hdf5storage (>=0.2 if python>=3.12)

• pyshp>=2.3.1

• apexpy>=2.1.0 (optional, used for evaluating the ionospheric E-layer field)

• matplotlib>=3.6 (optional, used for plotting)

• lxml (optional, used for downloading latest RC-index file)

Specific installation steps for all dependencies, including optional packages, using the conda/pip package managers are as follows:

1. Install packages with conda:

   >>> conda install python numpy scipy pandas cython pyshp h5py matplotlib lxml
   

2. Install remaining packages with pip:

   >>> pip install hdf5storage apexpy
   

3. Finally, install ChaosMagPy with pip:

   >>> pip install chaosmagpy
   

   Alternatively, if you have downloaded the distribution archives from the Python Package Index (PyPI) at https://pypi.org/project/chaosmagpy/#files, install ChaosMagPy using the built or source distributions:

   >>> pip install chaosmagpy-x.x-py3-none-any.whl
   

   or

   >>> pip install chaosmagpy-x.x.tar.gz
   

   replacing x.x with the relevant version.