2  Installation

The SPAMS toolbox for Python is distributed in source mode.

It should compile on linux and Mac. A specific python compatible version is available. We recommend to use the version designed for the Anaconda Python distribution, to benefit from the MKL Intel library.

It will soon be available on the PyPI website. For the moment, it is available on the testing site with the following command:
pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ spams

The installation procedure is described in the file INSTALL-package

• Download the tar gzipped file, unpack it.
• Enter directory spams-python
• execute
  python setup.py install --prefix=<your-installation-dir>

You have the choice of the BLAS library, but the Intel MKL is recommended for the best performance.

If you want to add or change libraries, you must modify the file setup.py.

The documentation is available in pdf and html format in the doc subdirectory.