Quickstart¶

Dependencies¶

Before starting you will need Python 3.4 or newer. You need to have numpy, scipy, and pip installed and we recommend installing Anaconda/Miniconda for your desired Python version.

There are a couple of optional components of pySOT that needs to be installed manually:

py-earth: Implementation of MARS. Can be installed using:

pip install six http://github.com/scikit-learn-contrib/py-earth/tarball/master

or

git clone git://github.com/scikit-learn-contrib/py-earth.git
cd py-earth
pip install six
python setup.py install

mpi4py: This module is necessary in order to use pySOT with MPI. Can be installed through pip:
```
pip install mpi4py
```
or through conda (Anaconda/Miniconda) where it can be channeled with your favorite MPI implementation such as mpich:
```
conda install --channel mpi4py mpich mpi4py
```

Installation¶

There are currently two ways to install pySOT:

(Recommended) The easiest way to install pySOT is through pip in which case the following command should suffice:
```
pip install pySOT
```
The other option is cloning the repository and installing.

2.1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/dme65/pySOT

2.2. Navigate to the repository using:

cd pySOT

2.3. Install pySOT (you may need to use sudo for UNIX):

python setup.py install

Several examples are available in ./pySOT/examples and ./pySOT/notebooks