How to install pygmt via python pip

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When you know about this project and you want to new install pygmt to support your project or you get trouble as ModuleNotFoundError: No module named "pygmt" or ImportError: cannot import name "pygmt" in your project, let follow this tutorial to install pygmt

Installation:

Step 1: First, ensure you installed pip in your os, to check pip has been installed on your computer

In Windows (CMD):

py -m pip --version

In Unix/macOS:

python3 -m pip --version

Ensure pip, setuptools, and wheel are up to date:

In Windows (CMD):

py -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

In Unix/macOS:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

py -m pip install --user virtualenv

py -m venv test_pygmt_env

test_pygmt_env\Scripts\active

pip3 install virtualenv

python3 -m venv test_pygmt_env

source test_pygmt_env/bin/active

Step 2: OK, now, let flow below content to start the installation pygmt

To install pygmt on Windows(CMD):

py -m pip install pygmt

To install pygmt on Unix/macOs:

pip install pygmt

Step 3: If you want to install a specific pygmt version, add ==<pygmt version> to the end command line

Example:

pip install pygmt==0.0.1a0                                                        pre-release

Please see the version list below table:

py -m pip install pygmt==0.7.0

pip install pygmt==0.7.0

py -m pip install pygmt==0.6.1

pip install pygmt==0.6.1

py -m pip install pygmt==0.6.0

pip install pygmt==0.6.0

py -m pip install pygmt==0.5.0

pip install pygmt==0.5.0

py -m pip install pygmt==0.4.1

pip install pygmt==0.4.1

py -m pip install pygmt==0.4.0

pip install pygmt==0.4.0

py -m pip install pygmt==0.3.1

pip install pygmt==0.3.1

py -m pip install pygmt==0.3.0

pip install pygmt==0.3.0

py -m pip install pygmt==0.2.1

pip install pygmt==0.2.1

py -m pip install pygmt==0.2.0

pip install pygmt==0.2.0

py -m pip install pygmt==0.1.2

pip install pygmt==0.1.2

py -m pip install pygmt==0.1.1

pip install pygmt==0.1.1

py -m pip install pygmt==0.1.0

pip install pygmt==0.1.0

Step 4: Otherwise, you can install pygmt from local archives:

Download the distribution file from pygmt-0.7.0.tar.gz or the specific pygmt version in the below list of distribution

After that, install by command:

On Windows(CMD):

py -m pip install <path_to_pygmt_downloaded_file>

On Unix/macOs:

pip install <path_to_pygmt_downloaded_file>

List distribution:

Project link:

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