Installation Guide

Getting ngehtsim

The latest version of ngehtsim can be obtained from https://github.com/Smithsonian/ngehtsim.

Installation

To install ngehtsim, run pip from the main directory:

$ pip install [--upgrade] . [--user]

If you would like to additionally install the calibration dependencies, run:

$ pip install [--upgrade] .[calib] [--user]

Dependencies

ngehtsim uses the following packages:

• python >=3.8

• ehtim

• numpy

• matplotlib

• scipy

• astropy

• ngEHTforecast

ngehtsim also has the option to include additional calibration capabilities during installation, which further requires:

• pandas

• eat

Dependencies are specified in setup.py and will be handled via the pip install process. Generating a local version of the documentation for ngehtsim requires:

• Sphinx