Installation

Installing with pip

You can install the latest stable version of ArtPop using pip:

pip install artpop

If you are worried about breaking your Python environment, we recommend creating a new conda environment for ArtPop. Assuming you have conda installed:

conda create -n artpop pip
conda activate artpop
pip install artpop

Installing the Development Version

If you’re feeling adventurous, you can download the development version of ArtPop from GitHub using git:

git clone git://github.com/ArtificialStellarPopulations/ArtPop.git

Then cd into the repo directory and install using:

python setup.py install

MIST Isochrone Grids

In order to generate stellar populations with ArtPop, you must download a set of MIST isochrone grids, as we describe here.

Python Dependencies

ArtPop has the following python dependencies, which are automatically installed by pip: