Editing Installing STIR with conda

= Installing STIR with conda =

Users of conda (Anaconda, miniconda etc) can install STIR without compilation. The following creates a conda environment which includes both STIR and matplotlib:
<pre>
conda config --add channels conda-forge
conda config --set channel_priority strict
conda create -n stirenv  stir  matplotlib
conda activate stirenv

# use STIR executable
OSMAPOSL some.par

# use Python
python
>>> import stir

# deactivate the environment
conda deactive
</pre>
See the [https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html conda documentation on managing environments] for more information. Note that conda recommends installing all packages that you want at the same time, so you probably want to add other packages to the list above.

This should work on Linux and Windows. A MacOS package is still pending end 2020, check current status in [https://github.com/conda-forge/stir-feedstock/issues/9 the relevant issue]

For more details, check the [https://github.com/conda-forge/stir-feedstock STIR feedstock].