Installation

Using Docker

Retrieve the Docker image:

sudo docker pull marvinler/pypownet:2.1.1

This docker image contains all the necessary dependencies built on top of a Linux distribution. The sources of pypownet are available under the pypownet folder. See Command-line usage for launching the image.

Without using Docker

Requirements

Python:>= 3.6 Octave:>= 4.0 Matpower:>= 6.0

Instructions

Step 1: Install Octave

To install Octave >= 4.0.0 on Ubuntu >= 14.04:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:octave/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install octave

If Octave is already installed on your machine, ensure that its version from octave --version is higher than 4.0.0.

Step 2: Install Python3.6

The standard procedure:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3.6

If you have any trouble with this step, please refer to the official webpage of Python 3.6.6.

Step 3: Get pypownet

In a parent folder, clone the current sources:

mkdir parent_folder && cd parent_folder
git clone https://github.com/MarvinLer/pypownet.git

This should create a folder pypownet with the current sources.

Step 4: Get Matpower

The latest sources of matpower need to be installed for computing loadflows. This can be done using the command that should be run within the parent folder of this file:

git clone https://github.com/MATPOWER/matpower.git

Attention

In any case, you need to ensure that the path specified in matpower_path.config leads to the matpower folder (prefer absolute path; path relative to the configuration file are tolerated if changed before running the next setup script of pypownet).

Step 5: Run the installation script of pypownet

Finally, pypownet relies on some python packages (including e.g. numpy). Run the following command to install the current simulator (including the Python libraries dependencies):

python3.6 setup.py install

After this, this simulator is available under the name pypownet (e.g. import pypownet).