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153 153  \\sudo apt-get install nest
154 154  )))
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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 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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158 158  (% class="box infomessage" %)
159 159  (((
160 160  **Screencast** - terminal
161 +\\(% style="color:#000000" %)nest
162 +)))
163 +
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.
165 +
166 +(% class="box infomessage" %)
167 +(((
168 +**Screencast** - terminal
161 161  \\(% style="color:#000000" %)python3
162 162  \\import nest
163 163  \\exit()
164 164  )))
165 165  
166 -If there are no error messages here, and the import is successful, then we have completed installing NEST simulator.
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.
167 167  
168 168  We next move on to the third simulation, NEURON. The installation for NEURON is a bit more involved.
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