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Let's get started using Qiskit! The first thing to do is choose how you're going to run and install the packages. There are three main ways to do this:

Start locally

Qiskit supports Python 3.7 or later. However, both Python and Qiskit are evolving ecosystems, and sometimes when new releases occur in one or the other, there can be problems with compatibility.

You will need to download Python on your local system to get started. Jupyter is recommended for interacting with Qiskit.

We recommend using Python virtual environments to cleanly separate Qiskit from other applications and improve your experience.

Create a minimal environment with only Python installed in it.

python3 -m venv /path/to/virtual/environment

Activate your new environment.

source /path/to/virtual/environment/bin/activate

Note: if you are using Windows, use the following commands in PowerShell.

python3 -m venv c:\path\to\virtual\environment
c:\path\to\virtual\environment\Scripts\Activate.ps1

Next, install the Qiskit package.

pip install qiskit

If the packages were installed correctly, you can run pip list to see the active packages in your virtual environment.

If you intend to use visualization functionality or Jupyter notebooks it is recommended to install Qiskit with the extra visualization support:

pip install qiskit[visualization]

It is worth pointing out that if you're a zsh user (which is the default shell on newer versions of macOS), you'll need to put qiskit[visualization] in quotes:

pip install 'qiskit[visualization]'

Start on the cloud

The following cloud vendors have Qiskit pre-installed in their environments:

IBM Quantum Lab

Build quantum applications and experiments with Qiskit in a cloud programming environment.

Strangeworks

A platform that enables users and organizations to easily apply quantum computing to their most pressing problems and research.

Install from source

Installing the elements from source allows you to access the most recently updated version of Qiskit instead of using the version in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository. This will give you the ability to inspect and extend the latest version of the Qiskit code more efficiently.

When installing the elements and components from source, by default their development version (which corresponds to the master git branch) will be used, as opposed to the stable version (which contains the same codebase as the published pip packages). Since the development versions of an element or component usually include new features and changes, they generally require using the development version of the rest of the items as well.

Installing elements from source requires the following order of installation to prevent installing versions of elements that may be lower than those desired if the pip version is behind the source versions:

qiskit-terra
qiskit-aer

To work with several components and elements simultaneously, use the following steps for each element.

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The Terra and Aer packages both require a compiler to build from source before you can install. Ignis, Aqua, and the IBM Quantum Provider backend do not require a compiler.

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Due to the use of namespace packaging in Python, care must be taken in how you install packages. If you're planning to install any element from source, do not use the qiskit meta-package. Also, follow this guide and use a separate virtual environment for development. If you do choose to mix an existing installation with your development, refer to https://github.com/pypa/sample-namespace-packages/blob/master/table.md for the set of combinations of installation methods that work together.

Set up the Virtual Development Environment

python3 -m venv QiskitDevenv
source QiskitDevenv/bin/activate

Installing Terra from Source

Installing from source requires that you have the Rust compiler on your system. To install the Rust compiler the recommended path is to use rustup, which is a cross-platform Rust installer. To use rustup you can go to:

https://rustup.rs/

which will provide instructions for how to install rust on your platform. Besides rustup there are other installation methods available too.

Once the Rust compiler is installed, you are ready to install Qiskit Terra.

Clone the Terra repository.

git clone https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-terra.git

Cloning the repository creates a local folder called qiskit-terra.
```
cd qiskit-terra
```
If you want to run tests or linting checks, install the developer requirements.
```
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
```
Install qiskit-terra.
```
pip install .
```

If you want to install it in editable mode, meaning that code changes to the project don't require a reinstall to be applied, you can do this with:

pip install -e .

Installing in editable mode will build the compiled extensions in debug mode without optimizations. This will affect the runtime performance of the compiled code. If you'd like to use editable mode and build the compiled code in release with optimizations enabled you can run:

python setup.py build_rust --release --inplace

after you run pip and that will rebuild the binary in release mode. If you are working on Rust code in Qiskit you will need to rebuild the extension code every time you make a local change. pip install -e . will only build the Rust extension when it's called, so any local changes you make to the Rust code after running pip will not be reflected in the installed package unless you rebuild the extension. You can leverage the above build_rust command to do this (with or without --release based on whether you want to build in debug mode or release mode).

You can then run the code examples after installing Terra. You can run the example with the following command.

python examples/python/using_qiskit_terra_level_0.py

Installing Aer from Source

Clone the Aer repository.

git clone https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer

To install Aer depend on which operating system you are using. Since Aer is a compiled C++ program with a Python interface, there are non-Python dependencies for building the Aer binary which can't be installed universally depending on operating system.

Qiskit Aer is a high performance simulator framework for quantum circuits. It provides several backends to achieve different simulation goals.

Build and install qiskit-aer directly

If you have pip <19.0.0 installed and your environment doesn't require a custom build, run:
```
cd qiskit-aer
pip install .
```
This will both build the binaries and install Aer.

Alternatively, if you have a newer pip installed, or have some custom requirement, you can build a Python wheel manually.
```
cd qiskit-aer
python ./setup.py bdist_wheel
```
If you need to set a custom option during the wheel build, refer to Custom options.

After you build the Python wheel, it will be stored in the dist/ dir in the Aer repository. The exact version will depend
```
cd dist
pip install qiskit_aer-*.whl
```
The exact filename of the output wheel file depends on the current version of Aer under development.

Custom options

The Aer build system uses scikit-build to run the compilation when building it with the Python interface. It acts as an interface for setuptools to call CMake and compile the binaries for your local system.

Due to the complexity of compiling the binaries, you may need to pass options to a certain part of the build process. The way to pass variables is:

python setup.py bdist_wheel [skbuild_opts] [-- [cmake_opts] [-- build_tool_opts]]

where the elements within square brackets [] are optional, and skbuild_opts, cmake_opts, build_tool_opts are to be replaced by flags of your choice. A list of CMake options is available here: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.6/manual/cmake.1.html#options. For example, you could run something like:

python setup.py bdist_wheel -- -- -j8

This is passing the flag -j8 to the underlying build system (which in this case is Automake), telling it that you want to build in parallel using 8 processes.

For example, a common use case for these flags on linux is to specify a specific version of the C++ compiler to use (normally if the default is too old):

python setup.py bdist_wheel -- -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-7

which will tell CMake to use the g++-7 command instead of the default g++ when compiling Aer.

Another common use case for this, depending on your environment, is that you may need to specify your platform name and turn off static linking.

python setup.py bdist_wheel --plat-name macosx-10.9-x86_64 \
-- -DSTATIC_LINKING=False -- -j8

Here --plat-name is a flag to setuptools, to specify the platform name to use in the package metadata, -DSTATIC_LINKING is a flag for using CMake to disable static linking, and -j8 is a flag for using Automake to use 8 processes for compilation.

A list of common options depending on platform are:

Platform	Tool	Option	Use Case
All	Automake	-j	Followed by a number, sets the number of processes to use for compilation.
Linux	CMake	-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER	Used to specify a specific C++ compiler; this is often needed if your default g++ is too old.
OSX	setuptools	--plat-name	Used to specify the platform name in the output Python package.
OSX	CMake	-DSTATIC_LINKING	Used to specify whether or not static linking should be used.

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Some of these options are not platform-specific. These particular platforms are listed because they are commonly used in the environment. Refer to the tool documentation for more information.

Platform Support¶

Qiskit strives to support as many platforms as possible, but due to limitations in available testing resources and platform availability, not all platforms can be supported. Platform support for Qiskit is broken into 3 tiers with different levels of support for each tier. For platforms outside these, Qiskit is probably still installable, but it's not tested and you will have to build Qiskit (and likely Qiskit's dependencies) from source.

Additionally, Qiskit only supports CPython. Running with other Python interpreters isn't currently supported.

Tier 1¶

Tier 1 supported platforms are fully tested upstream as part of the development processes to ensure any proposed change will function correctly. Pre-compiled binaries are built, tested, and published to PyPI as part of the release process. These platforms are expected to be installable with just a functioning Python environment as all dependencies are available on these platforms.

Tier 1 platforms are currently:

Linux x86_64 (distributions compatible with the manylinux 2014 packaging specification.

macOS x86_64 (10.9 or newer)

Windows 64 bit

Tier 2¶

Tier 2 platforms are not tested upstream as part of development process. However, pre-compiled binaries are built, tested, and published to PyPI as part of the release process and these packages can be expected to be installed with just a functioning Python environment.

Tier 2 platforms are currently:

Linux i686 (distributions compatible with the manylinux 2014 packaging specification) for Python < 3.10

Windows 32 bit for Python < 3.10

Linux aarch64 (distributions compatible with the manylinux 2014 packaging specification)

Tier 3¶

Tier 3 platforms are not tested upstream as part of the development process. Pre-compiled binaries are built and published to PyPI as part of the release process, with no testing at all. They may not be installable with just a functioning Python environment and may require a C/C++ compiler or additional programs to build dependencies from source as part of the installation process. Support for these platforms are best effort only.

Tier 3 platforms are currently:

Linux ppc64le (distributions compatible with the manylinux 2014 packaging specification)

Linux s390x (distributions compatible with the manylinux 2014 packaging specification)

macOS arm64 (10.15 or newer)

Linux i686 (distributions compatible with the manylinux 2014 packaging specification) for Python >= 3.10

Windows 32 bit for Python >= 3.10

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