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128	128	**Screencast** - terminal
129	129	\\(% style="color:#000000" %)python
130	130	\\import brian2
131		-\\exit()
132	132	)))
133	133
134	134	If there are no error messages here, and the import is successful, then we have completed installing Brian2.
135	135
136		-
137		-We shall now move on to install the NEST simulator. Unlike Brian2, NEST is not a Python package and therefore its installation is a bit more involved. We shall install the NEST module along with PyNEST, which is a Python interface for controlling the NEST kernel.
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139		-We first install the NEST module. Version 2.20 is currently supported by PyNN, and it is likely that other versions of NEST might have issues when used with the current version of PyNN. The installation is done by first adding the PPA repository for NEST and updating apt, followed by the installation of NEST itself.
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141		-(% class="box infomessage" %)
142		-(((
143		-**Screencast** - terminal
144		-\\(% style="color:#000000" %)sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nest-simulator/nest
145		-sudo apt-get update
146		-\\sudo apt-get install nest
147		-)))
148		-
149		-At this point, we have installed the NEST module, but it is still not usable via Python. To do so, we next install PyNEST.
150		-
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152		-
153	153	(% class="box successmessage" %)
154	154	(((
155	155	**Slide** recap of learning objectives