2. PyMPA installation

PyMPA is a pure Python package. It runs after the installation of a virtual environment with Numpy, Scipy, Matplotlib and Obspy libraries. Some C extensions of ObsPy toolkit are also used and Bottleneck libraries. Bottleneck is a set of functions inspired by NumPy and SciPy, but written in Cython with high performance in mind. Bottleneck provides separate Cython functions for each combination of array dimensions, axis, and data type.

We heavily recommend installing ObsPy using conda because this will:

• make your life easier;
• separate your install from your system default Python, meaning you can experiment without breaking your OS;
• ensure that modules are compiled correctly

If you do not have either a miniconda or anaconda installation you can follow the conda-install instructions.

If you do not already have a conda environment we recommend creating one with the following:

conda create -n obspy python=3.6
conda activate obspy
conda install obspy
conda install bottleneck

For installing PyMPA you can simply clone the git repository and try it within your obspy env:

git clone git@github.com:avuan/PyMPA37.git