Installation

Although xtensor-python is a header-only library, we provide standardized means to install it, with package managers or with cmake.

Besides the xtendor-python headers, all these methods place the cmake project configuration file in the right location so that third-party projects can use cmake’s find_package to locate xtensor-python headers.

Using the conda-forge package

A package for xtensor-python is available on the mamba (or conda) package manager.

mamba install -c conda-forge xtensor-python

Using the Debian package

A package for xtensor-python is available on Debian.

sudo apt-get install xtensor-python-dev

From source with cmake

You can also install xtensor-python from source with cmake. On Unix platforms, from the source directory:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/prefix ..
make install

On Windows platforms, from the source directory:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/prefix ..
nmake
nmake install

See the section of the documentation on build-options, for more details on how to cmake options.