Installing the nifits package

This procedure was mostly tested on ubuntu. If problems accur attempting to install on other platforms, please file an issue on the github repository.

Dependencies

Although initially developped for python 3.8 and numpy 1.24, the setup installation routine was not working reliably.

After some patches (version 0.0.3+), we now recommend python 3.10+ and numpy 1.26 for a smooth experience. Most dependencies should install automatically. We will migrate to numpy 2.0+ when the main conda repos will point towards these version, and when astropy dependencies will be fixed.

The main dependencies are:

• astropy

• numpy

• scipy

• matplotlib

• sympy

setup

Working in a specific conda environment is recommended.

Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/rlaugier/nifits

Navigate to the repo and setup:

cd nifits
python setup.py develop

Note that using the action develop is recommended during this period of active development to avoid the need to re-install each time you pull the repo. Just restarting the kernel should suffice, unless there are changes in the package architecture.