Installation

Contents

• Installation
  • Introduction
  • skrf Installation
  • Testing Installation
  • Requirements
    • Debian-Based Linux
    • Necessary
    • Optional

Introduction

The requirements to run skrf are basically a Python environment setup to do numerical/scientific computing. If you are new to development, you may want to install a pre-built scientific python IDE like pythonxy or the enthought python distribution. Either of these ditributions will install all requirements, as well as provide a nice environment to get started in. If you dont want use pythonxy or enthought see Requirements.

Note

If you want to use skrf for instrument control you will need to install pyvisa as well as the NI-GPIB drivers. You may also be interested in Pythics , which provides a simple way to build graphical interfaces to virtual instruments.

skrf Installation

Once the requirements are installed, there are two choices for installing skrf:

• windows installer
• python source package

These can be found at http://scikit-rf.org/download.html

If you dont know how to install a python module and dont care to learn how, you want the windows installer.

The current version can be accessed through github. This is mainly of interest for developers.

Testing Installation

If import skrf and dont recieve an error, then installation was succesful.

In [1]: import skrf as rf

If instead you get an error like this,

In [2]: import skrf as rf
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-1-41c4ee663aa9> in <module>()
----> 1 import skrf as rf
\
ImportError: No module named skrf

Then installation was unsuccesful. If you need help post to the mailing list.

Requirements

Debian-Based Linux

For debian-based linux users who dont want to install pythonxy, here is a one-shot line to install all requirements,

sudo apt-get install python-pyvisa python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib ipython python python-setuptools

Once setuptools is installed you can install skrf through easy_install

easy_install scikit-rf

Necessary

• python (>=2.6) http://www.python.org/
• numpy http://numpy.scipy.org/
• scipy http://www.scipy.org/
• matplotlib http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/

Optional

• ipython http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/ - for interactive shell
• pyvisa http://pyvisa.sourceforge.net/pyvisa/ - for instrument control
• Pythics http://code.google.com/p/pythics - instrument control and gui creation