Installation

Local

1. Install NEST >= v2.14.0, <3.0 by following the instructions at http://www.nest-simulator.org/installation/.

2. Set up a Python 3 environment and install deNEST with:

   pip install denest
   

Docker

A Docker image is provided with NEST 2.20 installed, based on nest-docker.

1. From within the repo, build the image:

   docker build --tag denest .
   

2. Run an interactive container:

   docker run \
     -it \
     --name denest_simulation \
     --volume $(pwd):/opt/data \
     --publish 8080:8080 \
     denest \
     /bin/bash
   

3. Install deNEST within the container:

   pip install -e .
   

4. Use deNEST from within the container.

For more information on how to use the NEST Docker image, see nest-docker.