Installation

To install gpCAM, fvGP or HGDL do the following:

1. make sure you have Python >=3.7 installed

2. open a terminal

3. create a python environment: e.g. "python3 -m venv test_env", for conda: conda create --name my_cool_venv_name python=3.8

4. activate the environment: "source ./test_env/bin/activate", conda: activate my_cool_venv_name (Windows) and source activate my_cool_venv_name (Mac, Linux)

5. type "pip install gpcam" ,  "pip install fvgp", or "pip install hgdl" 

6. if any problems occur, update pip "pip install --upgrade pip", setuptools "pip install --upgrade setuptools" and repeat step 5, or try installing from source: "python -m pip install git+https://github.com/lbl-camera/gpCAM.git"

gpCAM will automatically install fvGP and HGDL, and fvGP will install HGDL.