Installing our software

Getting Python

In order to start using the Fatiando tools you need to install a Python distribution. We recommend using the conda-forge installer. It’s cross-platform and comes with the conda (or mamba) package manager already installed, which you can then use to install our software and other things.

Install the latest tools

Once you’ve finished setting up Python, you can install all of the latest Fatiando tools.

The recommended method is using the conda (or mamba) package manager with a single command:

conda install --channel conda-forge verde pooch harmonica boule ensaio choclo bordado

Alternatively, you can use the pip package manager:

python -m pip install verde pooch harmonica boule ensaio choclo bordado

Installing the “fatiando” package

The old fatiando package is not currently maintained or developed, meaning that it won’t get bug fixes or new features. The purpose of these instructions are for legacy use only, in order to run old code to check reproducibility of results.

If you need to install the old fatiando package, you can still do so through conda. Please note the following instructions were only tested under a GNU/Linux distribution, so we don’t guarantee that they will also work on a different OS.

Since the old fatiando runs on Python 2.7, a deprecated version of Python, you need to create a separate environment for our installation in order to avoid conflicts with your Anaconda or conda-forge installation.

Create a new environment and install the required packages:

conda create --name fatiando-legacy -c conda-forge python=2.7 numpy=1.10 scipy=1.2 matplotlib=2.2 pillow=6.2 future=0.18 numba=0.43 pytest=4.6 fatiando=0.5

Activate the newly created environment:

conda activate fatiando-legacy

And test your installation:

python -c "import fatiando; fatiando.test()"

You should see a green dot after each test is run and no red F.