Installation of astroMUGS

How to obtain radprocess

Clone the GitHub repository, create a virtual environment, and install in editable mode:

git clone https://github.com/sachagavino/astroMUGS.git
cd astromugs
python -m venv .venv --prompt astromugs
source .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install -e .

This creates a virtual environment (.venv/) inside the astromugs/ directory, activates it, and installs radprocess with all its Python dependencies (numpy, scipy, zarr, matplotlib, Xarray, etc.).

Note

Always use python -m pip instead of bare pip. On some systems, pip may point to a different Python environment than the one activated by the venv, which leads to packages being installed in the wrong place.

Every time you open a new terminal and want to use astromugs, you need to activate the environment first:

cd /path/to/radprocess
source .venv/bin/activate

To update your local copy later:

git pull
python -m pip install -e .

Running the code

In a python script or notebook, you can import the astromugs pipeline:

import astromugs.pipeline as pipeline