Installation from PyPI

The Python Package Index (PyPI) is the easiest way of installing PyXAI.

Python 3 (version 3.6 or later) must be installed first. You can install it from python.org.

Installing PyXAI

sudo apt update

Check whether ‘python3-pip’ is installed. If it is not the case, execute:

sudo apt install python3-pip

Or check whether you have the latest version:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip

Then, install PyXAI using the command:

python3 -m pip install pyxai

PyXAI’s GUI

Since V1.0.10, PyXAI’s Graphical Interface is independent and no longer mandatory, to resolve compatibility issues with PyQt6. You can still use pictorial explanations without the graphical interface — more information is available on the Visualization page.

python3 -m pip install pyxai[gui]

To use PyXAI’s graphical interface, you may need to install:

sudo apt install ffmpeg libsm6 libxext6 qt6-base-dev libxcb-cursor0 -y

Updating PyXAI

To update to the latest version of PyXAI, run:

python3 -m pip install -U pyxai

Verifying the installation

python3 -c "import pyxai; print(pyxai.__version__)"

Architecture Compatibility for PyXAI 2.0.1 with the PyPI installation

CPython 3.8 → 3.14 (including 3.14t, free-threaded) is covered on every platform below.