Installation

Receptual is a pure Python package, and is available on PyPI. We strongly recommend using a virtual environment for your installation. We suggest uv as a package/environment manager, but Receptual can also be installed with conda or venv + pip.

Note that Receptual requires Python 3.13 or later.

uv

# Create a new environment with Python 3.13
uv venv $HOME/venvs/receptual --python 3.13 # or wherever you keep your environments

# Activate the environment
source $HOME/venvs/receptual/bin/activate

# Install Receptual
uv pip install receptual

conda

# Create a new environment with Python 3.13
conda create -n receptual python=3.13

# Activate the environment
conda activate receptual

# Install Receptual
pip install receptual

You can then test that Receptual launches in your activated environment with:

receptual