Installation#
OpenVariant requires Python 3.9 or higher. In case you do not already have a Python environment configured on your computer, check Python Setup and Usage from Python documentation to install and configure it.
Assuming that you have a default Python environment already configured, if you wish, you can also create and work with Python virtual environments, follow instructions on venv for further details. Also, it is possible to create and work with a package manager like Conda or Mamba.
Before installing OpenVariant you have to make sure that you have pip installed and updated with the last version.
Otherwise, follow the steps on pip documentation.
Install and update#
To install OpenVariant, simply run this simple command in your terminal:
pip install open-variant
To upgrade the package to the latest version use:
pip install --upgrade open-variant
For further details visit our PyPI package site.
Install from source#
OpenVariant is an open source project located on GitHub where is actively modified and developed. Can be installed cloning the repository and installing from the source code as it follows:
git clone git@github.com:bbglab/openvariant.git
cd openvariant
pip install -e .