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Installation
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The easiest way to install the latest stable version of Biff is via pip::
pip install biff
If this doesn't work, you can try to build the latest developer version as
described below.
Cloning, Building, Installing
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The latest development version of Biff can be cloned from
`GitHub `_ using ``git``::
git clone git://github.com/adrn/biff.git
To build the project (from the root of the source tree, e.g., inside
the cloned ``biff`` directory)::
python setup.py build
To install the project::
python setup.py install
Dependencies
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The internals of Biff are implemented in C and Cython. To build the Cython
code, you'll need to have installed `GNU scientific library (GSL)
`_. On a Mac, I recommend installing this
with `Homebrew `_ or `anaconda `_. With
anaconda, you can install GSL with::
conda -c https://anaconda.org/asmeurer/gsl install gsl
You'll also need the following packages:
- `Cython `_
- `Numpy `_
- `Scipy `_
- `Astropy`_
- `Gala `_ (install with ``pip install astro-gala``)