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Installing Herding Spikes on a Mac

If compile the C++ code, Xcode is required.

This has been tested and works on MacOS 14.5 - if this fails, try to install the OpenMP library. This can be done with the package manager brew. If you do not have brew installed, you can do so by following the instructions at https://brew.sh/.

Then open a terminal and type

    brew install libomp

and install Herding Spikes with

    pip install numpy cython
    pip install herdingspikes

Installing Herding Spikes on Windows

1. Visual Studio

The C++ code in Herding Spikes requires the Microsoft C++ Build tools. Install them from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/. For a minimal setup, choose Desktop development with C++:

and select these packages:

2. Python and Herding Spikes

Install Anaconda ands create a Python environment. This can be done with the Anaconda Navigator per mouse click.

Then opoen a ternminal in the newly created environment and type

    pip install numpy cython
    pip install herdingspikes
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