Dependencies

Minimum Requirements

To use Pipecat you will need, at a minimum, Python 2 or 3 (duh):

• Python 2.7 / Python 3 - http://python.org

plus the following (if you install Pipecat using pip, these are automatically installed for you):

• arrow - Better dates and times for Python - http://arrow.readthedocs.io
• numpy >= 1.8.0 - http://numpy.org
• Pint - makes units easy - https://pint.readthedocs.io

Source Installation

If you’re installing Pipecat from source, you’ll need setuptools to run the Pipecat setup.py script:

• setuptools - https://setuptools.readthedocs.io

Regression Testing

The following are required to run Pipecat’s regression tests and view code coverage:

• behave - BDD test framework - http://pythonhosted.org/behave
• coverage - code coverage module - http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage
• mock - mocking and testing library - http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/mock
• nose - unit test framework - https://nose.readthedocs.io/en/latest

Generating Documentation

And you’ll need to following to generate this documentation:

• Sphinx - documentation builder - http://sphinx-doc.org
• Sphinx readthedocs theme - https://github.com/snide/sphinx_rtd_theme
• napoleon - http://sphinxcontrib-napoleon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• Jupyter - http://ipython.org
• Pandoc - http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc