Installation

python3 -m pip install fastar-astro

This will install it in the current environment, but it is recommended to use a virtual environment for the installation (using venv, conda, uv or the tool of your choosing).

Note

The name of the module is fastar, meaning that in your code you must use import fastar. However, due to a name clash on PyPi, only for downloading the package you need to use fastar-astro.

Development installation

If you wish to modify the fastar code, we recommend to use the provided Makefile to setup your environment. It uses uv to setup a virtual environment and it should be transparent to the developer.

git clone https://github.com/inavarro/fastar.git
cd fastar/
make install-dev
# ... do your development and test them
make tests
# ... add your changes and do a commit
# git add ...
# git commit ...
# This will trigger some automatic checks (format, linting,...) that you must
# address before committing (some of them are fixed automatically).
git push

Changes are welcome! But remember that it is always safer to work on your local fork and only when your development is finished you can proceed to do a PR.