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Installation
------------

Using setuptools
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To obtain the latest released version of statsmodels using pip

    pip install -U statsmodels

Or follow `this link to our PyPI page <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/statsmodels>`__, download
the wheel or source and install.

Statsmodels is also available in through conda provided by
`Anaconda <https://www.continuum.io/downloads>`__. The latest release can
be installed using

    conda install -c conda-forge statsmodels

Obtaining the Source
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We do not release very often but the master branch of our source code is 
usually fine for everyday use. You can get the latest source from our 
`github repository <https://github.com/statsmodels/statsmodels>`__. Or if you
have git installed::

    git clone git://github.com/statsmodels/statsmodels.git

If you want to keep up to date with the source on github just periodically do::

    git pull

in the statsmodels directory.

Windows Nightly Binaries
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If you are not able to follow the build instructions below, we occasionally
upload builds of the GitHub repository to
`https://anaconda.org/statsmodels/statsmodels <https://anaconda.org/statsmodels/statsmodels/>`__.
This version can be installed using conda

    conda install -c statsmodels statsmodels=0.8.0_dev

Installation from Source
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You will need a C compiler installed to build statsmodels. If you are building
from the github source and not a source release, then you will also need
Cython. You can follow the instructions below to get a C compiler setup for Windows.

Linux
^^^^^

Once you have obtained the source, you can do (with appropriate permissions)::

    python setup.py install

Or::

    python setup.py build
    python setup.py install

Windows
^^^^^^^

It is strongly recommended to use 64-bit Python if possible.

Python 2.7
~~~~~~~~~~
Obtain
`Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 <https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=44266>`__
and then install using

    python setup.py install

Python 3.5
~~~~~~~~~~
Download and install the most recent version of
`Visual Studio Community Edition <https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/>`__
and then install using

    python setup.py install


32-bit or other versions of Python
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can build 32-bit version of the code on windows using mingw32.

First, get and install `mingw32 <http://www.mingw.org/>`__. Then, you'll need to edit distutils.cfg. This is usually found somewhere like C:\Python27\Lib\distutils\distutils.cfg. Add these lines::

    [build]
    compiler=mingw32

Then in the statsmodels directory do::

    python setup.py build
    python setup.py install

OR

You can build 32-bit Microsoft SDK. Detailed instructions can be found on the
Cython wiki `here <http://wiki.cython.org/64BitCythonExtensionsOnWindows>`__.
The gist of these instructions follow. You will need to download the free
Windows SDK C/C++ compiler from Microsoft. You must use
the **Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1** to be
comptible with Python 2.7, 3.1, and 3.2. The link for the 3.5 SP1 version is

`http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=71DEB800-C591-4F97-A900-BEA146E4FAE1&displaylang=en <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=71DEB800-C591-4F97-A900-BEA146E4FAE1&displaylang=en>`__

For Python 3.3, you need to use the **Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4**,
available from

`http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279 <http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279>`__

For 7.0, get the ISO file GRMSDKX_EN_DVD.iso for AMD64. After you install this,
open the SDK Command Shell (Start -> All Programs ->
Microsoft Windows SDK v7.0 -> CMD Shell). CD to the statsmodels directory and type::

    set DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1

To build a 64-bit application type::

    setenv /x64 /release

To build a 32-bit application type::

    setenv /x86 /release

The prompt should change colors to green. Then proceed as usual to install::

    python setup.py build
    python setup.py install

For 7.1, the instructions are exactly the same, except you use the download
link provided above and make sure you are using SDK 7.1.

If you want to accomplish the same without opening up the SDK CMD SHELL, then
you can use these commands at the CMD Prompt or in a batch file.::

    setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
    CALL "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0\Bin\SetEnv.cmd" /x64 /release
    set DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1

Replace `/x64` with `/x86` and `v7.0` with `v7.1` as needed.


Dependencies
~~~~~~~~~~~~

statsmodels 0.8 was tested with the following minimal version requirements.
However, some features require more recent versions.

* `Python <https://www.python.org>`__ >= 2.6, including Python 3.x
* `NumPy <http://www.scipy.org/>`__ >= 1.6
* `SciPy <http://www.scipy.org/>`__ >= 0.11
* `Pandas <http://pandas.pydata.org/>`__ >= 0.12
* `Patsy <https://patsy.readthedocs.org>`__ >= 0.2.1
* `Cython <http://cython.org/>`__ >= 0.24 is required to build the code from
  github but not from a source distribution. Earlier versions may work, although
  you must use Cython >= 0.20.1 if you're on Python 3.4.

Optional Dependencies
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* `Matplotlib <http://matplotlib.org/>`__ >= 1.3 is needed for plotting
  functions and running many of the examples.
* If installed, `X-12-ARIMA <http://www.census.gov/srd/www/x13as/>`__ or
  `X-13ARIMA-SEATS <http://www.census.gov/srd/www/x13as/>`__ can be used
  for time-series analysis.
* `Nose <https://nose.readthedocs.org/en/latest>`__ is required to run
  the test suite.
* `IPython <http://ipython.org>`__ >= 3.0 is required to build the
  docs locally or to use the notebooks.
