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By downloading and using this software, you are agreeing to the conditions
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specified in the :doc: `software license <pdfmorph_license >`.
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- In order to take automatically take care of software dependency
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- downloads, we recomment you install PDFmorph using conda. To do that,
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- you will first have to download and install *Anaconda * or *mini-conda *
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- from `continuum <https://www.continuum.io >`__.
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- PDFmorph is available for all operating systems supported by Anaconda,
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- namely for 32 and 64-bit Linux, Mac OS X, and 32 and 64-bit Windows.
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+ PDFmorph will run on Python 2.7 or higher, but here we give instructions
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+ for installing the Python 3 version in a conda environment.
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.. note ::
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- We recommend that you run PDFmorph in a Python 3 conda virtual
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- environment. With Anaconda or mini-conda installed on your system,
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- first create the virtual environment by typing ::
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+ PDFmorph is distributed and best installed using conda. It should
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+ run in most Python 3 environments and can be directly installed
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+ in an existing environment (using the commands listed below). If
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+ you do not currently have conda installed, here are some
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+ lightweight instructions for getting started:
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+
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+ 1.) Download and install *Anaconda * or *mini-conda * from
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+ `continuum <https://www.continuum.io >`__.
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+ 2.) Create a Python 3 environment with the command ::
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- conda create --name=<env_name> python=3
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+ conda create --name=<env_name> python=3
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- You can give the environment any name you like but it should
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- have some Python version 3 installed (though PDFmorph also works
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- on Python 2.7). You only need to create the environment once,
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- but every time you want to use PDFmorph you will have to
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- reactivate the environment in which it is installed by typing ::
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+ You can give the environment any name you like.
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+ You only need to create the environment once, but every time you
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+ want to use PDFmorph you will have to reactivate the environment
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+ in which it is installed by opening a terminal and typing ::
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source activate <env_name>
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on Mac/Linux, or ``activate <env_name> `` on Windows.
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Once you're in your desired conda environment, you can install PDFmorph
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from either the ``diffpy `` or ``conda-forge `` channels of Anaconda packages
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- by running opening a *Terminal * window or *Anaconda Command Prompt *
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+ by running opening a *Terminal * window or *Command Prompt *
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on Windows and using the :program: `conda ` command ::
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conda config --add channels conda-forge
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