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diff --git a/src/python/doc/installation.rst b/src/python/doc/installation.rst index 09a843d5..d72e91b5 100644 --- a/src/python/doc/installation.rst +++ b/src/python/doc/installation.rst @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ The easiest way to install the Python version of GUDHI is using Compiling ********* -The library uses c++14 and requires `Boost <https://www.boost.org/>`_ ≥ 1.56.0, -`CMake <https://www.cmake.org/>`_ ≥ 3.1 to generate makefiles, +The library uses c++14 and requires `Boost <https://www.boost.org/>`_ :math:`\geq` 1.56.0, +`CMake <https://www.cmake.org/>`_ :math:`\geq` 3.1 to generate makefiles, `NumPy <http://numpy.org>`_, `Cython <https://www.cython.org/>`_ and `pybind11 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11>`_ to compile the GUDHI Python module. @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ It is a multi-platform library and compiles on Linux, Mac OSX and Visual Studio 2017. On `Windows <https://wiki.python.org/moin/WindowsCompilers>`_ , only Python -≥ 3.5 are available because of the required Visual Studio version. +:math:`\geq` 3.5 are available because of the required Visual Studio version. On other systems, if you have several Python/python installed, the version 2.X will be used by default, but you can force it by adding @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ will be used by default, but you can force it by adding GUDHI Python module compilation =============================== -To build the GUDHI Python module, run the following commands in a terminal: +After making sure that the `Compilation dependencies`_ are properly installed, +one can build the GUDHI Python module, by running the following commands in a terminal: .. code-block:: bash @@ -188,8 +189,14 @@ Run the following commands in a terminal: Optional third-party library **************************** +Compilation dependencies +======================== + +These third party dependencies are detected by `CMake <https://www.cmake.org/>`_. +They have to be installed before performing the `GUDHI Python module compilation`_. + CGAL -==== +---- Some GUDHI modules (cf. :doc:`modules list </index>`), and few examples require `CGAL <https://www.cgal.org/>`_, a C++ library that provides easy @@ -200,7 +207,7 @@ The procedure to install this library according to your operating system is detailed `here <http://doc.cgal.org/latest/Manual/installation.html>`_. -The following examples requires CGAL version ≥ 4.11.0: +The following examples requires CGAL version :math:`\geq` 4.11.0: .. only:: builder_html @@ -211,23 +218,15 @@ The following examples requires CGAL version ≥ 4.11.0: * :download:`euclidean_strong_witness_complex_diagram_persistence_from_off_file_example.py <../example/euclidean_strong_witness_complex_diagram_persistence_from_off_file_example.py>` * :download:`euclidean_witness_complex_diagram_persistence_from_off_file_example.py <../example/euclidean_witness_complex_diagram_persistence_from_off_file_example.py>` -EagerPy -======= - -Some Python functions can handle automatic differentiation (possibly only when -a flag `enable_autodiff=True` is used). In order to reduce code duplication, we -use `EagerPy <https://eagerpy.jonasrauber.de/>`_ which wraps arrays from -PyTorch, TensorFlow and JAX in a common interface. - Eigen -===== +----- Some GUDHI modules (cf. :doc:`modules list </index>`), and few examples require `Eigen <http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/>`_, a C++ template library for linear algebra: matrices, vectors, numerical solvers, and related algorithms. -The following examples require `Eigen <http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/>`_ version ≥ 3.1.0: +The following examples require `Eigen <http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/>`_ version :math:`\geq` 3.1.0: .. only:: builder_html @@ -237,15 +236,39 @@ The following examples require `Eigen <http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/>`_ version ≠* :download:`euclidean_strong_witness_complex_diagram_persistence_from_off_file_example.py <../example/euclidean_strong_witness_complex_diagram_persistence_from_off_file_example.py>` * :download:`euclidean_witness_complex_diagram_persistence_from_off_file_example.py <../example/euclidean_witness_complex_diagram_persistence_from_off_file_example.py>` +Threading Building Blocks +------------------------- + +`Intel® TBB <https://www.threadingbuildingblocks.org/>`_ lets you easily write +parallel C++ programs that take full advantage of multicore performance, that +are portable and composable, and that have future-proof scalability. + +Having Intel® TBB installed is recommended to parallelize and accelerate some +GUDHI computations. + +Run time dependencies +===================== + +These third party dependencies are detected by Python `import` mechanism at run time. +They can be installed when required. + +EagerPy +------- + +Some Python functions can handle automatic differentiation (possibly only when +a flag `enable_autodiff=True` is used). In order to reduce code duplication, we +use `EagerPy <https://eagerpy.jonasrauber.de/>`_ which wraps arrays from +PyTorch, TensorFlow and JAX in a common interface. + Hnswlib -======= +------- :class:`~gudhi.point_cloud.knn.KNearestNeighbors` can use the Python package `Hnswlib <https://github.com/nmslib/hnswlib>`_ as a backend if explicitly requested, to speed-up queries. Matplotlib -========== +---------- The :doc:`persistence graphical tools </persistence_graphical_tools_user>` module requires `Matplotlib <http://matplotlib.org>`_, a Python 2D plotting @@ -267,49 +290,46 @@ The following examples require the `Matplotlib <http://matplotlib.org>`_: * :download:`euclidean_witness_complex_diagram_persistence_from_off_file_example.py <../example/euclidean_witness_complex_diagram_persistence_from_off_file_example.py>` PyKeOps -======= +------- :class:`~gudhi.point_cloud.knn.KNearestNeighbors` can use the Python package `PyKeOps <https://www.kernel-operations.io/keops/python/>`_ as a backend if explicitly requested, to speed-up queries using a GPU. Python Optimal Transport -======================== +------------------------ The :doc:`Wasserstein distance </wasserstein_distance_user>` module requires `POT <https://pot.readthedocs.io/>`_, a library that provides several solvers for optimization problems related to Optimal Transport. PyTorch -======= +------- `PyTorch <https://pytorch.org/>`_ is currently only used as a dependency of `PyKeOps`_, and in some tests. Scikit-learn -============ +------------ The :doc:`persistence representations </representations>` module require `scikit-learn <https://scikit-learn.org/>`_, a Python-based ecosystem of open-source software for machine learning. +:class:`~gudhi.point_cloud.knn.KNearestNeighbors` can use the Python package +`scikit-learn <https://scikit-learn.org/>`_ as a backend if explicitly +requested. + SciPy -===== +----- The :doc:`persistence graphical tools </persistence_graphical_tools_user>` and :doc:`Wasserstein distance </wasserstein_distance_user>` modules require `SciPy <http://scipy.org>`_, a Python-based ecosystem of open-source software for mathematics, science, and engineering. -Threading Building Blocks -========================= - -`Intel® TBB <https://www.threadingbuildingblocks.org/>`_ lets you easily write -parallel C++ programs that take full advantage of multicore performance, that -are portable and composable, and that have future-proof scalability. - -Having Intel® TBB installed is recommended to parallelize and accelerate some -GUDHI computations. +:class:`~gudhi.point_cloud.knn.KNearestNeighbors` can use the Python package +`SciPy <http://scipy.org>`_ as a backend if explicitly requested. 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