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1 1  == Learning objectives ==
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3 -In this tutorial, you will learn how to install PyNN, together with the NEST, NEURON, and Brian 2 simulators, on Linux.
3 +In this tutorial, you will learn how to install PyNN, together with the Brian 2, NEST and NEURON simulators, on Linux.
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37 37  **Slide** listing learning objectives
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40 -In this tutorial, I will guide you through setting up PyNN, together with the Brian 2, NEST, and NEURON, and simulators, on a Linux  environment. Note that we have a dedicated version of this tutorial for other environments, such as Mac OS, Windows, and EBRAINS Jupyter Lab.
40 +In this tutorial, I will guide you through setting up PyNN, together with the Brian 2, NEST, and NEURON simulators, on a Linux  environment. Note that we have a dedicated version of this tutorial for other environments, such as Mac OS, Windows, and EBRAINS Jupyter Lab.
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185 185  **Screencast** - terminal
186 186  \\(% style="color:#000000" %)nest
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188 +(% style="color:#000000" %)exit
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189 189  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. Next, let's verify that this is indeed accessible via Python.
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261 261  (% style="color:#000000" %)sim.end()
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264 -This confirms that PyNN has been properly setup and also that it is able to employ Brian 2. To verify that PyNN is also able to communicate with NEURON and NEST simulators, we can do the following:
266 +This confirms that PyNN has been properly setup and also that it is able to employ Brian 2. To verify that PyNN is also able to communicate with NEST and NEURON simulators, we can do the following:
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286 286  This confirms that all the required software packages have been successfully completed and are functioning as expected.
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290 +As a last step, we will install a Python package named 'matplotlib' that would come in handy in the tutorials ahead.
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294 +**Screencast** - terminal
295 +\\(% style="color:#000000" %)pip install matplotlib
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290 290  **Slide** recap of learning objectives