— Manual Installation

— Manual Installation#

Video Guide — description found below

Step 1: Install Miniforge#

  1. Search for Terminal using your Spotlight search (Command+Space) and press Enter.

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  2. Copy and paste the following lines of code into your terminal and press Enter (be sure to execute both lines of code before proceeding):

    curl -fsSLo Miniforge3.sh "https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/latest/download/Miniforge3-MacOSX-$(uname -m).sh"
bash Miniforge3.sh -b -p "${HOME}/miniforge3" ; source "${HOME}/miniforge3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" ; conda activate ; conda init $(basename "$SHELL")

    Tip

    You can copy and paste code in the code blocks by hovering your mouse over the code block and pressing the icon () appearing in the top right corner.

  3. Close and reopen your terminal for the changes to take effect.

Step 2: Install Python#

  1. Copy and paste the following line of code into your terminal and press Enter:

    conda install python=3.12 dtumathtools pandas scipy statsmodels uncertainties -y

Step 3: Install Visual Studio Code#

After the installation is finished, you need to download Visual Studio Code.

  1. Click here to download Visual Studio Code.

  2. Make sure that Visual Studio Code is under the applications folder in Finder.

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Step 4: Install extensions for Visual Studio Code#

  1. Open Visual Studio Code and select the Extensions extensions tab on the left.

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  2. Search for Python, and download the extension. Make sure that it is from Microsoft.

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  3. Hereafter search for Jupyter, and download that extension as well. This also needs to be from Microsoft.

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Verification#

Video Guide — description found below

Verify that your installation is successful by following these steps:

  1. Search for Terminal using your Spotlight search (Command+Space) and press Enter. Verify that (base) is shown to the left of your username. Something like the image below:

    ../../_images/conda-check-base.gif

  2. Type idle3 in the Terminal, then press Enter. This should open a new window in which you can run Python code.

  3. Verify the IDLE window says Python 3.12.X in the top left (or in the range of 3.10 – 3.12).

  4. Copy the following Python code into the IDLE window, then press Enter:

    import dtumathtools, pandas, scipy, statsmodels, uncertainties

    Verify that a new line (>>>) appears without any text (indicating everything got imported correctly). See the below image for an example:

    ../../_images/MacOS-IDLE-import.png

If some steps result in a different than described above, please continue reading the Troubleshooting section.

Troubleshooting#

Only follow these troubleshooting steps if something in the previous section did not check out.

  • Ensure that Miniforge is installed, follow these instructions.

  • Ensure the packages are installed (if they are already installed, this will not do anything).

    Paste the following line of code to the Terminal and press Enter:

    conda install python=3.12 dtumathtools pandas scipy statsmodels uncertainties -y

  • Go back to the previous Verification section and check them again.

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