Building PySim on Mac OS

To build PySim on Mac you need:

Install a compiler and c++ dependancies

For instructions how to install gcc and python please look at these instructions http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/starting/install/osx/

Once you have gcc and python installed you will also need the boost and eigen libraries. To get these by using brew type:

brew install boost eigen

To check out the master branch of the source from github types

git clone https://github.com/aldebjer/pysim.git

The python requirements are collected in a file called requiements.txt. To install these requirements use pip:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

you should now be able to build the c++ and cython extensions and place them along the python code by typing:

python3 setup.py build_ext --inplace

After all cython and c++ modules are built and placed in along the python modules you can use PyTest to test the entire pysim package.

python -m pytest

which should give you a result stating the number of tests, the time the testing took, and a final “OK” printed.

If you want to try using pysim with a python prompt then type

python

You can now do the tests from within the python environment by typing

>>> import pysim
>>> pysim.tests()