Installation_Guide.txt

Installation instructions:
1. cd ~/projects/
2. git clone https://github.com/chaitanyaBhave26/TIGER.git

Option A - Conda installation (Recommended):
If you don't already have Conda, install it: https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/install/index.html
  3. module load conda                              (Only needed on Hipergator)
  4. conda create --name tiger_env "h5py=*=mpi_*" "netcdf4=1.6.*=mpi_*" matplotlib scipy numpy pytest cmcrameri mpi4py -c conda-forge
  5. conda activate tiger_env                       (This step needs to be run whenever you want to use TIGER in a new terminal)
  6. conda develop ~/projects/TIGER                 (Or your TIGER directory)
  7. conda install -c menpo opencv

Option B - Pip installation :
  3. module load python                             (Optional, needed on Hipergator )
  4. pip install matplotlib numpy scipy h5py opencv-python pytest cmcrameri mpi4py
     CC=mpicc HDF5_DIR=/path/to/parallel/hdf5 pip install --no-binary=netCDF4 netCDF4==1.6.4
  5. cd ~/projects/TIGER/
  6. export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:~/projects/TIGER (Or whichever location you cloned TIGER to.)


Importing modules from TIGER requires you to run step #6 every time you open the window. Alternatively you can copy that command into your bash profile (~/.bash_profile) using your choice of text editor. After copying the command, either restart the terminal window or run

source ~/.bash_profile

Once added to your bash profile you can access the python module from any location on the computer. If you followed the conda installation