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

Requirements
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incline requires Python 3.8 or later and the following packages:

- pandas >= 1.0.0
- numpy >= 1.18.0
- scipy >= 1.4.0

Install from PyPI
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The easiest way to install incline is via pip:

.. code-block:: bash

    pip install incline

Install from Source
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You can also install incline from source:

.. code-block:: bash

    git clone https://github.com/soodoku/incline.git
    cd incline
    pip install -e .

Development Installation
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If you want to contribute to incline or modify the source code:

.. code-block:: bash

    git clone https://github.com/soodoku/incline.git
    cd incline
    pip install -e .[dev,test]

This will install incline in development mode with all the development dependencies including testing and documentation tools.

Verify Installation
-------------------

To verify that incline is installed correctly, you can run:

.. code-block:: python

    import incline
    print(incline.__version__)

Or test with a simple example:

.. code-block:: python

    from incline import naive_trend
    import pandas as pd
    
    df = pd.DataFrame({'value': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]})
    result = naive_trend(df)
    print(result)