Installing our software — Fatiando a Terra

Our tools are built in Python and can be used in Jupyter notebooks, scripts, and other libraries and programs. All of our software is compatible with Linux, Mac, and Windows.
In order to start using the Fatiando tools you need to install a Python distribution. We recommend using the conda-forge installer. It’s cross-platform and comes with the conda (or mamba) package manager already installed, which you can then use to install our software and other things.
Once you’ve finished setting up Python, you can install all of the latest Fatiando tools.
The recommended method is using the conda (or mamba) package manager with a single command:
Alternatively, you can use the pip package manager:
Tip: Run these commands in a terminal (Linux/Mac) or “Anaconda prompt” (Windows).
The old fatiando package is not currently maintained or developed, meaning that it won’t get bug fixes or new features. The purpose of these instructions are for legacy use only, in order to run old code to check reproducibility of results.
Note: If you are working on some new research or data analysis, we strongly recommend using the latest tools instead.
If you need to install the old fatiando package, you can still do so through conda. Please note the following instructions were only tested under a GNU/Linux distribution, so we don’t guarantee that they will also work on a different OS.
Since the old fatiando runs on Python 2.7, a deprecated version of Python, you need to create a separate environment for our installation in order to avoid conflicts with your Anaconda or conda-forge installation.
Create a new environment and install the required packages:
Activate the newly created environment:
And test your installation:
You should see a green dot after each test is run and no red F.
More information: The documentation for the legacy fatiando package is available at legacy.fatiando.org.
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