+.. _install:
+
Installation
============
LinPy requires Python version 3.4 or above to work.
-LinPy's one mandatory dependency is isl version 0.12 or 0.13 (it may work with other versions of isl, but this has not been tested).
-isl can be downloaded `here <http://freshmeat.net/projects/isl/>`_ or preferably, using your favorite distribution's package manager.
-For Ubuntu, the command to run is::
+LinPy's one mandatory dependency is `isl <http://isl.gforge.inria.fr/>`_ version 0.12 or 0.13 (it may work with other versions of isl, but this has not been tested).
+isl can be downloaded `here <http://freshmeat.net/projects/isl/>`_ or preferably, using your favorite package manager.
+For Debian or Ubuntu, the command to run is::
sudo apt-get install libisl-dev
Apart from isl, there are two optional dependencies that will maximize the use of LinPy's functions: `SymPy <http://sympy.org/en/index.html>`_ and `matplotlib <http://matplotlib.org/>`_.
Please consult the `SymPy download page <http://sympy.org/en/download.html>`_ and `matplotlib installation instructions <http://matplotlib.org/faq/installing_faq.html#how-to-install>`_ to install these libraries.
-pip
----
+Install Using pip
+-----------------
.. warning::
The project has not been published in PyPI yet, so this section is not relevant.
- Instead, see the :ref:`source` section to install LinPy.
+ Instead, see the :ref:`install_source` section to install LinPy.
LinPy can be installed using pip with the command::
sudo pip install linpy
-.. _source:
+.. _install_source:
-Source
-------
+Install From Source
+-------------------
-Alternatively, LinPy can be installed from source.
+Alternatively, LinPy can be installed from the source.
First, clone the public git repository::
git clone https://scm.cri.ensmp.fr/git/linpy.git