.. _install:

Installation
=======================

HMMLogo can be installed either using pip or from source.

.. note::

   In order to run HMMLogo, the `HMMER software suite
   <http://hmmer.org>`_ needs to be installed on your system.

Installing with pip
---------------------

To install hmmlogo with pip, use the following command::

  $ python -m pip install hmmlogo


Installing from source
-----------------------

The source code for hmmlogo can be found at its `GitHub repository <https://github.com/imyp/hmmlogo>`_.

Clone the public repository using git.::

  $ git clone https://github.com/imyp/hmmlogo

Change to the root directory and install using ``pip``.::

  $ cd hmmlogo
  $ python -m pip install .