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Universal installation script

Since version 3.11 there is a universal installation script that works on any platform, provided you have Python 3.7, 3.8 or 3.9 installed.

  • Note 1: Python 3.6 may work but it is untested and deprecated; Python 3.10 is not supported yet.
  • Note 2: This script will install the OpenQuake engine in its own virtual environment. Users who need to use any additional Python packages (eg. Jupyter, Spyder) along with the OpenQuake engine should install those packages within this virtual environment.
  • Note 3: The virtual environment openquake and its corresponding folder will be created in the home directory. Make sure you have no folder called openquakein your home directory that can cause conflicts.
  • Note 4: Users with no knowledge of virtual environments are referred to this page of the Python tutorial: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html
  • ** Note 5**: conda is not supported; some users have been able to run the engin with conda but GEM is not using and not testing conda; you are on your own.

The script allows the user to select between three different kinds of installations:

  1. devel installation (Windows, macOS, and Linux)
  2. user installation (Windows, macOS, and Linux)
  3. server installation (only available for Linux)
  4. devel_server installation (only available for Linux)

A few notes about macOS:

  • macOS 11 (Big Sur) is not officially supported but many people have managed to install the engine on it using the system Python (version 3.8).
  • new Macs with the M1 CPU are unsupported
  • make sure to run the script located under /Applications/Python 3.X/Install Certificates.command, after Python has been installed, to update the SSL certificates bundle see see FAQ.

devel installation

Users who intend to modify the engine codebase or add new features for the engine should use the devel installation:

on macOS and Linux:

$ git clone https://github.com/gem/oq-engine.git
$ cd oq-engine && /usr/bin/python3 install.py devel

on Windows:

C:\>git clone https://github.com/gem/oq-engine.git
C:\>cd oq-engine 
C:\>python install.py devel

This installation method will create a Python virtual environment in $HOME/openquake and will install the engine in development mode in this environment. Then, after activating the virtual environment with

on macOS and Linux:

$ source $HOME/openquake/bin/activate

on Windows:

C:\>%USERPROFILE%\openquake\Scripts\activate.bat

It should now be possible to develop with the engine. Calculation data will be stored in $HOME/oqdata.

user installation

If you do not need to modify the engine codebase or develop new features with the engine, but intend to use it as an application, you should perform an user installation (on Windows / macOS) or a server installation (on Linux). The user installation is also the recommended option for Linux, in the case where you do not have root permissions on the machine. There is no need to clone the engine repository, you just need to download the installation script:

on macOS and Linux:

$ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gem/oq-engine/master/install.py
$ /usr/bin/python3 install.py user

on Windows:

C:\>curl.exe -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gem/oq-engine/master/install.py
C:\>python install.py user

This installation method will create a Python virtual environment in $HOME/openquake and will install the engine on it. After that, you can activate the virtual environment with

on macOS and Linux:

$ source $HOME/openquake/bin/activate

on Windows:

C:\>%USERPROFILE%\openquake\Scripts\activate.bat

You can also invoke the oq command without activating the virtual environment by directly calling

on macOS and Linux:

$HOME/openquake/bin/oq

on Windows:

C:\>%USERPROFILE%\openquake\Scripts\oq

Calculation data will be stored in $HOME/oqdata.

server installation

If you are on a Linux machine and you have root permissions, the recommended installation method is server. In this case, the engine will work with multiple users and two system V services will be automatically installed and started: openquake-dbserver and openquake-webui.

$ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gem/oq-engine/master/install.py
$ sudo -H /usr/bin/python3 install.py server

The installation script will automatically create a user called openquake and will install the engine in the directory /opt/openquake. Calculation data will be stored in /var/lib/openquake/oqdata.

NB: if you already have an engine installation made with debian or rpm packages, before installing the new version you must uninstall the old version, make sure that the dbserver and webui services are actually stopped and then also remove the directory /opt/openquake and the configuration file /etc/openquake/openquake.cfg. If you want to preserve some configuration (like the [zworkers] section which is needed on a cluster) you should keep a copy of /etc/openquake/openquake.cfg and move it inside /opt/openquake once the new installation is finished.

devel_server installation

This method adds to server installation the possibility to run the engine from a git repository. If you are on a Linux machine and you have root permissions

$ git clone https://github.com/gem/oq-engine.git
$ cd oq-engine && sudo -H /usr/bin/python3 install.py devel_server

cluster installations

It is possible to install the engine on a Linux cluster, but it requires additional steps. You should see the page about clusters.

Cloud

A set of Docker containers is available for installing the engine in the cloud.

Downgrading an installation

By default, in user and server mode the script will install the latest stable release of the engine. If for some reason you want to use an older version you can specify the version number with the --version option:

$ python3 install.py user --version=3.10

Uninstalling the engine

To uninstall the engine, use the --remove flag:

on macOS and Linux:

$ python3 install.py devel --remove
$ python3 install.py user --remove
$ sudo -H /usr/bin/python3 install.py server --remove

on Windows:

C:\>cd %USERPROFILE%
C:\>python install.py devel --remove
C:\>python install.py user --remove

The calculation data (in $HOME/oqdata or /var/lib/openquake/oqdata) WILL NOT be removed. You will have to remove these two directories manually, if needed.

Getting help

If you need help or have questions/comments/feedback for us, you can: