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7	7	== Learning objectives ==
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9		-In this tutorial, you will learn how to install PyNN, together with the NEST, NEURON and Brian2 simulators, on Linux / Mac OS / Windows / in EBRAINS Jupyter Lab.
	9	+In this tutorial, you will learn how to install PyNN, together with the NEST, NEURON and Brian 2 simulators, on Linux / Mac OS / Windows / in EBRAINS Jupyter Lab.
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20	20	== Prerequisites ==
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22		-To follow this tutorial, you will need a computer with [Linux/Mac OS/Windows] and a good network connection. You will need to know how to open the terminal application for your operating system.
	22	+To follow this tutorial, you will need a computer with Linux and a good network connection. You will need to know how to open the terminal application for your operating system.
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28		-To follow this tutorial, you will need an EBRAINS account. You should know how to create and use Jupyter notebooks in the EBRAINS Jupyter Lab.
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30	30	== Format ==
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32		-These tutorials will be screencasts, in which the presenter runs commands in a terminal (or in a Jupyer notebook), and the viewer is expected to follow along. The intended duration is 10 minutes. For the Jupyter version of the tutorial, the final notebook will also be made available.
	26	+These tutorials will be screencasts, in which the presenter runs commands in a terminal, and the viewer is expected to follow along. The intended duration is 10-15 minutes.
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34	34	== Script ==
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159	159	\\sudo apt-get install nest
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162		-This installs the NEST module along with PyNEST, which is a Python interface for controlling the NEST kernel. This allows us to use NEST via Python. To confirm that we have properly installed Brian 2 on our computer, we can test as follows:
	156	+This installs the NEST module along with PyNEST, which is a Python interface for controlling the NEST kernel. This allows us to use NEST via Python. To confirm that we have properly installed NEST on our computer, we can test as follows:
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166		-**Screencast - terminal**
167		- (% style="color:#000000" %)python3
	160	+**Screencast** - terminal
	161	+\\(% style="color:#000000" %)nest
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	164	+This will display the NEST banner, which mentions the version amongst other info. Here, as we can see, we have now installed NEST v3.1 on our system. Let us next verify that this is indeed accessible via Python.
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170		-(% style="color:#000000" %)import brian2
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173		-(% style="color:#000000" %)exit()
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	168	+**Screencast** - terminal
	169	+\\(% style="color:#000000" %)python3
	170	+\\import nest
	171	+\\exit()
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176		-Screencast - terminal
	174	+If there are no error messages here, and the import is successful, then we have completed installing NEST simulator, and are able to load it on Python.
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178		-<< test NEST >>
	176	+We next move on to the third simulation, NEURON. The installation for NEURON is a bit more involved.
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180		-The installation for NEURON is a bit more involved.
	178	+<< add more >>
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