Installation
============

Requirements
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- Python 3.9 or later (up to but not including 3.13).
- `TensorFlow <https://www.tensorflow.org/>`_ 2.17.0 or higher
- `NumPy <https://numpy.org/>`_
- `Matplotlib <https://matplotlib.org/>`_

For macOS Users, TensorFlow must be installed via Conda due to platform-specific requirements. This could be done by running the following
 command in your terminal:
.. sourcecode:: sh

    conda install tensorflow

This will automatically install the required version of TensorFlow along with its dependencies.

Installation from source
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After cloning the repository, you can install PyVCHAM using pip. Open your terminal and navigate to the cloned directory, then run:

.. sourcecode:: sh

    pip install .


Installation via pip
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You can install PyVCHAM directly from PyPI using pip. Open your terminal and run:

.. sourcecode:: sh

    pip install vcham

This will install the latest version of PyVCHAM along with its dependencies.