diff --git a/doc/intro.rst b/doc/intro.rst index 9985da7d9..01fe81bd0 100644 --- a/doc/intro.rst +++ b/doc/intro.rst @@ -50,25 +50,20 @@ To install using pip:: Many parts of `python-control` will work without `slycot`, but some functionality is limited or absent, and installation of `slycot` is -recommended. - -*Note*: the `slycot` library only works on some platforms, mostly -linux-based. Users should check to insure that slycot is installed +recommended. Users can check to insure that slycot is installed correctly by running the command:: python -c "import slycot" -and verifying that no error message appears. It may be necessary to install -`slycot` from source, which requires a working FORTRAN compiler and either -the `lapack` or `openplas` library. More information on the slycot package -can be obtained from the `slycot project page +and verifying that no error message appears. More information on the +slycot package can be obtained from the `slycot project page `_. For users with the Anaconda distribution of Python, the following commands can be used:: conda install numpy scipy matplotlib # if not yet installed - conda install -c conda-forge control + conda install -c conda-forge control slycot This installs `slycot` and `python-control` from conda-forge, including the `openblas` package.