Installation

Installation#

Dependencies#

The dependencies of VaSP are:

  • Python >= 3.10

  • cppimport >= 22.8.2

  • pandas >= 2.1.2

  • matplotlib >= 3.8.0

  • FEniCS >= 2018.1

  • morphMan >= 1.2

  • VaMPy >= 1.0.4

  • vmtk >= 1.4.0

  • turtleFSI >= 2.4.0

Installing with conda#

To install VaSP and all its dependencies to a local environment, we recommend using conda. Instructions for installing VaSP with conda can be found here.

Installing with Docker#

To install VaSP and all its dependencies to an isolated environment, we recommend using the dedicated Docker container. Instructions for installing VaSP with Docker can be found here.

Installing in high-performance computing (HPC) clusters#

To install and use VaSP, it is recommended to first install FEniCS on the cluster and then install turtleFSI, VaMPy, and VaSP separately. To install FEniCS, it is recommended to build it from source and instructions can be found here. After installing FEniCS, you can install turtleFSI, VaMPy, and VaSP via pip.