Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or later
• The external lst.x solver on your PATH (set its location in lst.cfg via lst_exe)
• Optional: visualization dependency for contour plotting

From PyPI

pip install lst-tools

From Source

git clone https://github.com/uahypersonics/lst-tools.git
cd lst-tools
pip install -e .

Optional Extras

For development (tests, linting):

pip install -e ".[dev]"

Includes:

• pytest and pytest-cov for testing
• ruff for linting

For building the documentation locally:

pip install -e ".[docs]"
mkdocs serve

Verify Installation

lst-tools --version

Or in Python:

import lst_tools
print(lst_tools.__version__)