1Installation 2============ 3.. _petsc4py_install: 4 5 6Using **pip** 7------------- 8 9You can use :program:`pip` to install :mod:`petsc4py` and its 10dependencies (:mod:`mpi4py` is optional but highly recommended):: 11 12 $ python -m pip install [--user] numpy mpi4py (or pip install [--user] numpy mpi4py) 13 $ python -m pip install [--user] petsc petsc4py (or pip install [--user] petsc petsc4py) 14 15Note: One can build petsc4py via PETSc source build using the additional configure option --with-petsc4py=1 16 17 18 19