Before you can start writing using Grove, you will need Python 2.7
(version 2.7.10 or greater) and the Python package manager pip. We recommend
installing Anaconda for an all-in-one
installation of Python 2.7. If you don't have pip, it can be installed with
easy_install pip.
You can install Grove directly from the Python package manager pip using:
pip install quantum-grove
To instead install the bleeding-edge version from source,
clone the Grove GitHub repository,
cd into it, and run:
pip install -e .
This will install Grove's dependencies if you do not already have them. The dependencies are:
- NumPy
- SciPy
- NetworkX
- Matplotlib
- pytest (optional, for testing)
- mock (optional, for testing)
Grove also requires the Python library for Quil, called pyQuil.
After obtaining the library from the pyQuil GitHub repository or from a source distribution, navigate into its directory in a terminal and run:
pip install -e .
You will need to make sure that your pyQuil installation is properly configured to run with a QVM or quantum processor (QPU) hosted on the Rigetti Forest, which requires an API key. See the pyQuil docs for instructions on how to do this.