Installing SMAL
---------------------

Dependencies
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To install `SMAL` and start using it, you will first need to make sure that you have the
dependencies installed.

`SMAL` was developed using Python 2.7. In addition, it relies on code from several
other libraries:

- Scientific Python libraries:

    - Scipy_
    - Numpy_
    - Matplotlib_

 The easiest way to get all of these installed is using the Anaconda_ or
 Canopy_ installers

- Neuroimaging libraries:

    - Nibabel_
    - Nipy_
    - Nipype_
    - Nitime_

Follow the instructions on the respective websites for installation instructions.


Installing `SMAL` from a released version
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Once all the dependencies are installed, `SMAL` can be installed using the
`pip` package manager::

    pip install MRS


Installing `SMAL` from source 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If you prefer to install yourself from the source, once you have downloaded and
installed these dependencies, you can go ahead and download the source code
from our `github`__  repository. The most recent cutting edge version of the
code can be downloaded in `zip`__ or `tar`__ formats. A stable release version is availabe to download `here`__ 

__ mrs-github_
__ download-zip_
__ download-tar_
__ github-releases


Once the code is downloaded, it can be installed issuing the following command
on the shell command-line in the top level directory of the source-code
download::

    python setup.py install

    
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