Installation

PyQInt is available via PyPI.

Why environments?

An environment keeps the packages for a project separate from the rest of your system (and from other projects). This prevents accidental upgrades or conflicts that can break existing setups. It also makes it easy to remove the environment later without touching your system-wide Python. For these reasons, installing into Conda’s base environment is discouraged.

PyPI (recommended via virtual environment)

Use Python’s built-in virtual environments to isolate your installation:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install pyqint

Optional extra for isosurface functionality:

pip install pytessel

To leave the environment, run:

deactivate

Alternative (single-user install without a virtual environment)

If you prefer not to create a virtual environment, you can install for the current user only (no system-wide changes):

pip install --user pyqint

Warning

We do not recommend using sudo pip install .... Installing packages with administrative privileges can overwrite or conflict with system Python components and may break tools your operating system relies on.