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Installation
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Stable release
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To install ``kernelmethods``, run this command in your terminal:

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    $ pip install kernelmethods

This is the preferred method to install ``kernelmethods``, as it will always install the most recent stable release.


Non-Linux and Non-Python users
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If you do not yet have python or pip (system for distribution and installation), please follow the links below for instructions on installing them:
 - Python: https://www.python.org/downloads/ (pip comes packaged with Python).
 - Windows users:

   - can follow this guide https://www.ics.uci.edu/~pattis/common/handouts/pythoneclipsejava/python.html
   - or https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
   - and read these FAQ to familiarize themselves with typical questions using these FAQ: https://docs.python.org/3/faq/windows.html


From sources
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The sources for kernelmethods can be downloaded from the `Github repo`_.

You can either clone the public repository:

.. code-block:: console

    $ git clone git://github.com/raamana/kernelmethods

Or download the `tarball`_:

.. code-block:: console

    $ curl  -OL https://github.com/raamana/kernelmethods/tarball/master

Once you have a copy of the source, you can install it with:

.. code-block:: console

    $ python setup.py install


.. _Github repo: https://github.com/raamana/kernelmethods
.. _tarball: https://github.com/raamana/kernelmethods/tarball/master