Installing GliderFlight

Download

The software’s repository is hosted on github, from where you can download the source using git or download it as a zip file.

Installing

After having obtained the source code, you can build and install it using uv (or pip). From the root of the repository:

$ uv build
$ uv pip install .

Alternatively, install directly with pip:

$ pip install .

Dependencies

The gliderflight module depends on numpy and scipy.

The glidertrim script – useful to check and adjust the ballast trim of a glider during deployment – additionally depends on matplotlib, gsw, and dbdreader. All these packages are available from PyPI and will be downloaded automatically when not present. However, you may prefer to install the complex packages numpy, scipy and matplotlib using your distribution’s package manager (when on linux).

The dependencies are declared in pyproject.toml.

PyPI

Glider flight is available from PyPI:

pip install gliderflight