Windows Installing Guide for PandExo¶

Created by J. N. van Haastere (Physics and Astronomy Bachelorstudent) Univesity of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam

Step 1¶

You may want to uninstall older python versions to prevent troubles along the way.

Step 2¶

Download most recent Anaconda version (tested with Python 3.6.4 64 bit)

Step 3¶

Install Anaconda as main python and add to path environment

Note

If succesfully installed you can open CMD and type >>python and >>quit() to check version

Step 4¶

Install Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017.

Step 5¶

Follow PandExo Installation guide in getting files

get pandeia_data
get pysynphot_data (includes phoenix models and throughputs)

Step 6: Setting Reference Data¶

Using an achiver (eg. Winrar, 7Zip) extract Pandeia and Pysynphot data in two seperate folders.

C:/Users/USERNAME/pandeia_data
C:/Users/USERNAME/pysynphot_data

Check the variable names

echo 'export VARIABLE_NAME = ".."'

In case nothing changes these should be PYSYN_CDBS & pandeia_refdata

Set these in Windows environment variables / registry using SETX. Open CMD or Anaconda Prompt and run:

SETX PYSYN_CDBS 'C:/Users/USERNAME/pysynphot_data'
SETX pandeia_refdata 'C:/Users/USERNAME/pysynphot_data'

You can check this step by opening a new CMD and run > SET

Step 7: Installing needed Packages¶

Install PandExo Engine

pip install pandexo.engine

Check troubleshooting if you run into problems. Troubleshooting here.

Step 8: Run Test¶

Navigate to your pandexo-master and run the run_test. Check in the installation guide on the exact expected output.

cd '...'
python run_test.py

Congrats on being persevering/stubborn enough to get it on to work on Windows! There are some test Jupyter files to try out in pandexo-master/notebooks