Installation

Table of contents

1. Requirements
2. Install from PyPI
3. Install with Visualization Support
4. Development Installation
5. Verify Installation

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Requirements

swissparlpy requires Python 3.9 or higher.

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Install from PyPI

swissparlpy is available on PyPI. Install it with pip:

pip install swissparlpy

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Install with Visualization Support

To enable the voting visualization feature, install with the visualization extra:

pip install swissparlpy[visualization]

This installs additional dependencies (matplotlib, Pillow) needed for plotting seat maps.

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Development Installation

To develop on this project, first install uv:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Then clone the repository and install the package in editable mode with all development dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/metaodi/swissparlpy.git
cd swissparlpy
uv pip install -e ".[dev,test,visualization]"

Alternatively, use the provided setup script:

./dev_setup.sh

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Verify Installation

After installation, verify it works:

import swissparlpy as spp
print(spp.__version__)
tables = spp.get_tables()
print(tables[:3])