pip install alpineer doesn't work

[AnanyaBhalla]

Appreciate some feedback on the below:

1. Is it not possible to pip install alpineer and import alpineer for usage?
2. Why is poetry and git cloning the repo needed?
3. Also, there is no usage documentation on https://pypi.org/project/alpineer/

[srivarra]

@AnanyaBhalla

1. Is it not possible to pip install alpineer and import alpineer for usage?

You can install alpineer with pip install alpineer, as it is available on PyPI. Make sure you're using Python 3.10 or higher.

2. Why is poetry and git cloning the repo needed?

That's just dev documentation since it comes with angelolab/ark-analysis and angelolab/toffy and isn't intended to be used as a standalone package.

3. Also, there is no usage documentation on https://pypi.org/project/alpineer/

There are no readthedocs or usage documentation, but there are docstrings for many of the functions. You can use the functions by importing them directly with respect to their submodule as below:

from alpineer.misc_utils import verify_same_elements

verify_same_elements(...)

May I ask what did you planned on using alpineer for?