Install as an editable library

Tracklib supports Python 3.8 and later.

Dependencies

Tracklib depends on the following Python packages:

• numpy – Provides efficient array operations.

• matplotlib – Used for colormaps and 2D plotting.

• progressbar2 – Displays the progress of long-running operations.

• rtree – Python bindings for libspatialindex, used for spatial indexing.

• requests – Used to query HTTP web services.

Option 1: Installing from GitHub

To install the latest development version directly from GitHub, run:

pip install -U git+https://github.com/umrlastig/tracklib.git@main

Alternatively, you can clone the repository with git and install it with pip.

git clone https://github.com/umrlastig/tracklib.git
cd tracklib
pip install -e .

Option 2: Installing in a New Virtual Environment

1. Clone the GitHub repository:

git clone https://github.com/umrlastig/tracklib.git
cd tracklib

2. Create and activate a new virtual environment:

[sudo apt-get install python3-venv]
python3 -m venv tracklibenv
source tracklibenv/bin/activate

3. Upgrade the packaging tools:

pip install --upgrade pip
pip install wheel
pip install setuptools
pip install twine

4. Install Tracklib in editable mode:

pip install -e .

5. Deactivate the virtual environment when you’re done:

deactivate