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Installation Guide

Installation requires Python 3.8 or greater.

Installing from PyPI

For many linux platforms, simply run pip install akima86.

For other platforms, pip install akima86 should still work but a working installation of gfortran must be present. This may be installed at a system level or via conda using conda install -c conda-forge gfortran.

Installing from Source

Installing from source requires:

• Python >= 3.8
• gfortran

To install from source:

• Clone the repository and change directories into the repository directory.
• Run pip install .

Testing your source installation

From the cloned repository run:

python test/test_akima.py

Citation

Akima, H., 1986: A method of univariate interpolation that has the accuracy of a third-degree polynomial. NTIA Report 86-208. 76 pp.

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