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Installation
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``deepchain-apps`` can be installed in Python 3.7 and external python dependencies are mainly defined in `requirements`_.
There are multiple different methods to install Bio-transformers:

1. Create a virtual environment using `Anaconda`_ / `Miniconda`_ (**recommended**).
2. Install `deepchain-apps`_ directly from PyPI release.

Install via Conda
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The recommended method is to install Bio-transformers in a dedicated virtual
environment using `Anaconda`_ / `Miniconda`_.


.. code-block:: bash

    conda create --name bio-transformers python=3.7 -y
    conda activate deepchain-apps
    pip install deepchain-apps

.. _Quick Start: quick_start.html
.. _Anaconda: https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install
.. _Miniconda: https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html
.. _deepchain-apps: https://pypi.org/project/deepchain-apps/
.. _requirements: https://github.com/DeepChainBio/bio-transformers/blob/main/requirements.txt