Installation

Installing HIPER

HIPER can be installed locally using pip. Navigate to the project root directory and run one of the following commands:

Development Installation (Recommended)

For development work, install HIPER in editable mode:

pip install -e .

This installs the package in editable mode, which means any changes you make to the source code will be immediately available without needing to reinstall the package. This is ideal for development and testing.

Standard Installation

For a standard installation:

pip install .

This creates a standard installation in your Python environment’s site-packages directory.

Verifying Installation

After installation, you can verify that HIPER is correctly installed by running:

python -c "import hiper; print(hiper.__version__)"

This should print the version number without any errors.

You can also test basic functionality:

from hiper import Hypernetwork

# Create a simple hypernetwork
hn = Hypernetwork()
hn.add_hyperedge(0, [1, 2, 3])

# Check basic properties
print(f"Order: {hn.order()}, Size: {hn.size()}")
# Output: Order: 3, Size: 1

Uninstalling

To uninstall HIPER from your Python environment:

pip uninstall hiper