Installation on Mac OS X systems

On the Mac, several different package managers are available to ease the installation of popular open source software tools and libraries. Anaconda, MacPorts, Fink, and HomeBrew are among the most popular choices. To prevent trouble, pick one and stay with one.

Installation with pip

Prebuilt pip packages of Pyrocko are available for macOS, for both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. They need a Python 3 installation, e.g. from python.org or Homebrew. Install Pyrocko with pip into a virtual environment, in a terminal:

python3 -m venv ~/venv/pyrocko
source ~/venv/pyrocko/bin/activate
pip install "pyrocko[gui]"

The [gui] part also installs the prerequisites of the GUI applications (PyQt5 and VTK); leave it out if you don’t need them. Run source ~/venv/pyrocko/bin/activate in every new terminal in which you want to use Pyrocko. For details, see Installation with pip.

Mac OS X with Anaconda

If you are using Anaconda under Mac OS X, see Installation with conda.

For instructions on how to install Pyrocko on other systems or if the installation with the above procedure fails, see System specific installation instructions or Detailed installation instructions.