Installation

Note

QuCAT only supports python 3

Note

If you don’t succeed in installing QuCAT following the instructions below, ask for help on our forum.

Installing via pip

The recommended way to install qucat is via pip by opening a terminal and running

pip install qucat

Installing from source

The latest source code is available on our Github repository

https://github.com/qucat/qucat

To install from source, download or clone the source code, open a terminal and navigate to the qucat folder, and run pip install .

Requirements

Qucat depends on several open-source libraries. The following packages are currently required:

  • Python 3, tested on version 3.12

  • Numpy, tested on version 2.1.2

  • Scipy, tested on version 1.14.1

  • Matplotlib, tested on version 3.9.2

  • Sympy, tested on version 1.13.3

Generating a Hamiltonian requires

  • QuTiP, tested on version 5.0.4

Performance of Sympy and thus QuCAT is enhanced by using

  • gmpy2, tested on version 2.1.5

We recommend installing python and these packages by downloading and installing Anaconda.