Installation#

Basic installation#

python 3.11 is recommended, python>=3.9 is required, python 3.13 not yet supported
download and install Anaconda from anaconda.com
open Anaconda prompt
conda create --name dfm_tools_env python=3.11 git spyder -c conda-forge -y (git and spyder are optional)
conda activate dfm_tools_env
install latest dfm_tools release (stable): pip install dfm_tools -U (the -U is for updating)
alternatively install most recent dfm_tools version from github (might be unstable): python -m pip install git+https://github.com/Deltares/dfm_tools
to remove environment when necessary: conda remove -n dfm_tools_env --all

long paths error? Check this Github issue
OpenSSL error? Fix your conda base env by doing this or maybe this. Let us know if you encounter this issue.