Install SimBA using Anaconda Navigator

First, install Anaconda Navigator on your system. You can download Anaconda Navigator HERE. For Microsoft Windows instructions, click HERE or HERE. For Linux/macOS, click HERE.

Note

SimBA also relies on FFmpeg for video pre-processing, video editing, and visualization tools. It is strongly recommended that you install it before running SimBA β€” see the requirements on the pip installation page for FFmpeg install instructions.

Hint

  • Need help? If you hit errors during installation, open an issue or send us a message on Gitter.

  • Prefer the command line? To install with conda without the Anaconda Navigator GUI, see THESE instructions.

  • Video walkthrough: For a visual guide to this process, see our Anaconda Navigator Installation Video.

  1. Run Anaconda Navigator. The application looks like this:

    Anaconda Navigator home screen on first launch

  2. On the left, click on the Environments tab, followed by the Create button highlighted in this image:

    Environments tab selected with the Create button highlighted

  3. Once clicked, it brings up the below pop-up allowing you to enter the name of your new python conda environment, and which python version it should have. Here, we select python 3.6, and name the environment simba_env. Next, we click the Create button.

    Create-environment dialog naming the environment simba_env with python 3.6 selected

  4. Once complete, the new conda environment will be listed in the graphical interface, together with any other environments you have on your system:

    New simba_env environment listed among existing environments

  5. Each listed environment will have a little β€œplay” button associated with it. Once we click on the play button, we will see some options. Go ahead and click on the Open Terminal option:

    Environment play-button menu with the Open Terminal option selected

  6. This will bring up a terminal. In this terminal, you can see the name of your conda environment as the pre-fix of your path, highlighted with a red line on the left in the image below. Go ahead and type pip install simba-uw-tf-dev (highlighted with a red line on the right in the image below) and hit Enter. After hitting Enter, SimBA will install on your system and you can follow the progress in the terminal window.

    Terminal showing the simba_env prefix and the pip install simba-uw-tf-dev command

  7. Once installed, type simba in your terminal window, and hit Enter, and SimBA will launch.

    Terminal running the simba command to launch the application

Note

SimBA may take a little time to launch depending on your computer. Once it does, you should first see this splash screen:

Followed by the main SimBA GUI window:

SimBA main GUI window