Getting started
RnaChipIntegrator
is Python software which runs with Python
version 3.6 or higher.
Installing RnaChipIntegrator from PyPI using virtualenv and pip
The recommended way to get the latest version of RnaChipIntegrator
is to create a Python virtual environment, and then install the
software using the pip
utility.
For example: to create and activate a virtual environment called
venv.rci
using the virtualenv
utility:
virtualenv venv.rci
source venv.rci/bin/activate
RnaChipIntegrator
can then be installed using pip
, by
running:
pip install RnaChipIntegrator
which will make the RnaChipIntegrator
program available.
Note
If using RnaChipIntegrator
from a virtual environment in
this way, make sure to activate the environment each time
before using it, for example:
source venv.rci/bin/activate
To deactive the virtual environment afterwards, do deactivate
.
Note
For an introduction to pip
and virtualenv
, see for example:
To update an existing version of the program to a newer one, use:
pip install -U RnaChipIntegrator
from within the activated virtual environment.
Installing RnaChipIntegrator using Conda
Another approach for installing RnaChipIntegrator
to use
Conda
(most easily obtained via the
Miniconda Python distribution).
Once you have Conda installed you can create a new Conda environment
with RnaChipIntegrator
installed using the following command:
conda create -c bioconda -n rci rnachipintegrator
Alternatively you can install RnaChipIntegrator
into an existing
Conda environment using:
conda install -c bioconda rnachipintegrator
Warning
It’s recommended that RnaChipIntegrator
be installed into a
new Conda environment to avoid issues with incompatible packages
(which is possible for example when trying to install directly
into the Conda’s base
distribution).