.. _install:

Installation
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Using Google Colab Version of SPIT
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SPIT has been made available on the Google Colab platform
and all steps of the protocol can be executed entirely from within the cloud environment at no cost.
To learn more please visit the notebook itself at ...
or read more in the Google Colab section of the documentation.

Building from source
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To obtain a local version of the SPIT version several methods are available.

::

    $ git clone https://github.com/berilerdogdu/SPIT.git
    $ cd SPIT
    $ <optionally create and activate python environment>
    $ pip install -r requirements.txt

**Requirements**

Language support
Python 3.6 or higher
R

Packages
All required packages along with suitable versions are listed in the requirements.txt file