Installation

Install luxpy

1. Install miniconda

   • download the installer from: https://conda.io/miniconda.html or https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/)

   • e.g. https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Windows-x86_64.exe

   • Make sure ‘conda.exe’ can be found on the windows system path, if necessary do a manual add.

2. Create a virtual environment with full anaconda distribution by typing the following at the commandline:

   >> conda create --name py36 python=3.6 anaconda

3. Activate the virtual environment:

   >> activate py36

4. Install pip to virtual environment (just to ensure any packages to be

   installed with pip to this virt. env. will be installed here and not globally):

   >> conda install -n py36 pip

5a. Install luxpy package from pypi:

>> pip install luxpy

5b. Install luxpy package from anaconda:

>> conda install -c ksmet1977 luxpy

Note:

If any errors show up, try and do a manual install of the dependencies: scipy, numpy, pandas, matplotlib and setuptools, either using e.g. >> conda install scipy or >> pip install scipy, and try and reinstall luxpy using pip.

Use of LuxPy package in Spyder IDE

6. Install spyder in py36 environment:

   >> conda install -n py36 spyder

7. Run spyder

   >> spyder

8. To import the luxpy package, on Spyder’s commandline for the IPython kernel (or in script) type:

   import luxpy as lx

Use of LuxPy package in Jupyter notebook

6. Install jupyter in py36 environment:

   >> conda install -n py36 jupyter

7. Start jupyter notebook:

   >> jupyter notebook

8. Open an existing or new notebook:

   e.g. open “luxpy_basic_usage.ipynb” for an overview of how to use the LuxPy package.

9. To import LuxPy package type:

   import luxpy as lx