araucaria

araucaria is a Python library to read, process and analyze X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectra. The library is designed to be modular, transparent, and light-weight, allowing the development of routines that are reproducible, exchangeable, and readily extensible.

The library is under active develeopment, but in its current state allows to perform both basic and advanced tasks on XAFS spectra such as linear combination fitting (LCF). Additional functionality will be added on a regular basis.

How to install

The following install options are curently available for the alpha version of araucaria:

Install with Git

If you have Git in your machine, you can execute the following command in the console:

name@machine:~$ pip install git+https://github.com/marcoalsina/araucaria.git

pip should be able to download the required dependencies. If you have Conda installed (Anaconda or Miniconda), be sure to activate your environment:

name@machine:~$ conda activate <yourenvironment>

Install with http

Alternatively, you can download the source code and install araucaria directly. Open up a terminal and execute the following commands:

name@machine:~$ wget https://github.com/marcoalsina/araucaria/archive/master.zip
name@machine:~$ unzip master.zip
name@machine:~$ cd araucaria-master
name@machine:~$ pip install .

Documentation

The official documentation of araucaria is available at https://marcoalsina.github.io/araucaria.