GNU/Linux & macOS#
Prerequisites#
To use PyBaMM, you must have Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, or 3.12 installed.
To install Python 3 on Debian-based distributions (Debian, Ubuntu), open a terminal and run
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3
On macOS, you can use the homebrew package manager. First, install
brew:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
then follow instructions in the link on adding brew to path, and run
brew install python
Install PyBaMM#
User install#
We recommend to install PyBaMM within a virtual environment, in order
not to alter any distribution Python files.
First, make sure you are using Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, or 3.12.
To create a virtual environment env within your current directory type:
virtualenv env
You can then “activate” the environment using:
source env/bin/activate
Now all the calls to pip described below will install PyBaMM and its
dependencies into the environment env. When you are ready to exit
the environment and go back to your original system, just type:
deactivate
PyBaMM can be installed via pip. On macOS, it is necessary to install the SUNDIALS library beforehand.
In a terminal, run the following command:
pip install pybamm
In a terminal, run the following command:
pip install pybamm
PyBaMM’s required dependencies (such as numpy, casadi, etc) will be
installed automatically when you install PyBaMM using pip.
For an introduction to virtual environments, see (https://realpython.com/python-virtual-environments-a-primer/).
Optional - JaxSolver#
Users can install jax and jaxlib to use the Jax solver.
pip install "pybamm[jax]"
The pip install "pybamm[jax]" command automatically downloads and installs pybamm and the compatible versions of jax and jaxlib on your system. (pybamm_install_jax is deprecated.)
Uninstall PyBaMM#
PyBaMM can be uninstalled by running
pip uninstall pybamm
in your virtual environment.