Spykeutils is a pure Python package and therefore easy to install. It depends on the following additional packages:
Please see the respective websites for instructions on how to install them if they are not present on your computer.
Note
The current version of Neo in the Python Package Index contains some bugs that prevent it from working properly with spykeutils in some situations. Please install the latest version directly from GitHub: https://github.com/rproepp/python-neo
You can download the repository from the GitHub page or clone it using git and then install from the resulting folder:
$ python setup.py install
The easiest way to get spykeutils is from the Python Package Index. If you have pip installed:
$ pip install spykeutils
Alternatively, if you have setuptools:
$ easy_install spykeutils
Alternatively, you can get the latest version directly from GitHub at https://github.com/rproepp/spykeutils.
The master branch (selected by default) always contains the current stable version. If you want the latest development version (not recommended unless you need some features that do not exist in the stable version yet), select the develop branch. You can download the repository from the GitHub page or clone it using git and then install from the resulting folder:
$ python setup.py install
For the most part, spykeutils is a collection of functions that work on Neo objects. Many functions also take quantities as parameters. Therefore, make sure to get an overview of neo and quantities before using spykeutils. Once you are familiar with these packages, have a look at the Examples or head to the API reference to browse the contents of spykeutils.