Installation¶

wara requires Python 3.8 or higher.

From source¶

git clone https://github.com/NASA-Planetary-Science/wara.git
cd wara
pip install -e .

Dependencies¶

wara installs the following dependencies automatically:

Package	Purpose
`lmfit`	Peak fitting
`scipy`	Signal processing
`matplotlib`	Plotting
`pandas`	Data handling
`PyQt5` / `PyQtWebEngine`	GUI
`mplcursors`	Interactive plot cursors
`plotly`	3D visualizations
`docopt`	CLI argument parsing
`dateparser`	Date parsing for LYNX data
`pyarrow`	Parquet file support
`natsort`	Natural sorting
`msgspec` / `bitstruct`	Binary data parsing

Data path configuration¶

If you use the API data-loading features, create a file called data-path.txt in the repo root with one data folder path per line:

C:/Users/yourname/Documents/my-data
D:/external-drive/more-data

wara searches each path in order and uses the first one containing the requested run. This file is excluded from version control so each user keeps their own local copy.