Setup

Requirements¶

Software¶

This tutorial requires minimal software to be installed in advance:

• A computer running an 64 bit version of Linux, macOS, or Windows.
• Pixi

Hardware (optional)¶

• An NVIDIA GPU

This tutorial focuses on hardware acceleration for CUDA environments which require an NVIDIA GPU to use. While an NVIDIA GPU is not required to be able to work through the tutorial, access to one will be required to run the examples.

Installation¶

Pixi¶

To install Pixi follow the installation instructions for your particular machine and then restart your shell.

Unix (Linux and macOS)¶

curl -fsSL https://pixi.sh/install.sh | sh

Windows¶

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm -useb https://pixi.sh/install.ps1 | iex"

Pixi Shell completions¶

Additionally, install the Pixi shell completions for your particular shell choice.