Installation

Simple install

Under most linux distributions, the simplest way is to install pip <https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/> and git, then simply type into a terminal: >>> sudo pip install git+https://github.com/Silmathoron/NNGT.git

There are ways for windows users, but NEST won’t work anyway...

Dependencies

This package depends on several libraries (the number varies according to which modules you want to use).

Basic dependencies

Regardless of your needs, the following libraries are required:

• numpy
• scipy
• matplotlib
• graph_tool
• or igraph
• or networkx

Note

If they are not present on your computer, pip will directly try to install the three first libraries, however:

• lapack is necessary for scipy and pip cannot install it on its own
• you will have to install the graph library yourself (only networkx can be installed directly using pip only)

Using NEST

If you want to simulate activities on your complex networks, NNGT can directly interact with the NEST simulator to implement the network inside PyNEST. For this, you will need to install NEST with Python bindings, which requires:

• Python headers (python-dev package on many linux distributions)
• autoconf
• automake
• libtool
• libltdl