Installation

ACT can be installed a few different ways. One way is to install using pip. When installing with pip, the ACT dependencies found in requirements.txt will also be installed. To install using pip:

pip install act-atmos

The easiest method for installing ACT is to use the conda packages from the latest release. To do this you must download and install Anaconda or Miniconda. With Anaconda or Miniconda install, it is recommended to create a new conda environment when using ACT or even other packages. To create a new environment based on the environment.yml:

conda env create -f environment.yml

Or for a basic environment and downloading optional dependencies as needed:

conda create -n act_env -c conda-forge python=3.12 act-atmos

Basic command in a terminal or command prompt to install the latest version of ACT:

conda install -c conda-forge act-atmos

To update an older version of ACT to the latest release use:

conda update -c conda-forge act-atmos

If you are using mamba:

mamba install -c conda-forge act-atmos