Windows

How to install kiara and its dependencies in a virtual environment for Windows users

Prerequisites

If you haven't already, install the latest versions of:

• miniconda (download Windows installer from the miniconda website)

• Git (download from the Git website)

Tip: Package managers like Chocolatey or Scoop can be used instead of manual downloads.

Creating and activating an environment

Open Command Prompt or PowerShell and create an environment to install kiara into. For example:

conda create -n kiara_explore

Activate the conda environment:

conda activate kiara_explore

Dependencies

Use conda to install the necessary packages. For the network analysis modules, you will need networkx:

conda install networkx

For the topic modelling modules, you will need...

Install kiara and its plugins

Use pip to install kiara:

pip install kiara

The installation may take a few minutes. Once complete, install kiara's plugins:

pip install kiara_plugin.core_types kiara_plugin.onboarding kiara_plugin.tabular

Tip: to check which version of kiara or any of its plugins are installed at any point, use pip list | findstr kiara

Install relevant git repository

For the network analysis modules, use:

pip install git+https://github.com/...

For the topic modelling modules, use:

pip install git+https://github.com/...

To check that the modules are successfully installed and see what operations are possible, use:

kiara operation list