Installation and Configuration

Setting up python

If you are experienced with python and installing packages, go to the next section.

If you are new to python, we recommend using Anaconda - see the Anaconda guide for more information. Anaconda may be available at your institution through your IT provider - note we do not offer support for installing Anaconda/python.

If you’re using Anaconda, run the following command in your Anaconda enabled terminal to install the pip package manager.

conda install pip

Installation

The orto python package and its command line interface can be installed using the pip package manager

pip install orto

To test your installation was successful, run the following command

orto -h

You should see the help text for orto. You are now ready to start using orto, head to the Command Line Interface pages for more information, or over to Configuration to customise your installation.

Updating

To update orto, run

pip install orto --upgrade