HelioPy is built on the Python programming language. The easiest way to install Python with the various required scientific python modules is to use Anaconda. Installation instructions can be found here.
Once you have a Python distribution installed, HelioPy can be installed using:
pip install heliopy
Saving data to hdf files for quicker access requires PyTables. (see Speeding up file import for more information)
Reading in any data that is stored in .cdf files requires an installation of the CDF library: https://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Working with spice kernels using the heliopy.spice
module requires
the python package spiceypy.
The latest source code is available at https://github.com/heliopython/heliopy/. To install from source follow these steps:
git clone https://github.com/heliopython/heliopy.git
cd heliopy
pip install .
This will install HelioPy from source and it’s required dependancies.