This section is a guide on how to install the OpenFisca-Country-Template packaged library.
These instructions should be able to be followed for any OpenFisca country package that has published their package on https://pypi.org/
It’s the minimal installation required to run a country package without the intention of contributing to it. If the use case also requires contributing to the model, please follow the access a country’s source code section.
OpenFisca runs with Python. The following steps call pip package installer which requires a Python installation. To check its installation or install it, first check the Installation requirements.
When other Python projects exist in the intended environment, it is recommended to create a new virtual environment to avoid dependency conflicts. Here is more information from
OpenFisca-Country-Templatedocumentation.
To install the latest OpenFisca-Country-Template published revision, run the following command in the environment’s terminal:
pip install OpenFisca-Country-Template
It should complete without any errors. To check the installed packages run the following command:
pip list
OpenFisca-Country-Template should be in the list indicating that it is installed and ready to run simulations.