Installing BindsNET on Windows

gistfile1.txt

# All commands to be run either in CMD or Powershell terminal.

# Make sure Python for Windows is installed, etc.
# https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/

# clone BindsNet
git clone https://github.com/BindsNET/bindsnet.git
cd bindsnet

# Create a new virtual environment using pipenv in the bindsnet directory
pipenv install

# The following should not be necessary, but somehow, `pipenv install` commands did not work for me from outside the virtuale environment
pipenv shell

# install correct pytorch dependencies
pip install torch===1.7.1 torchvision===0.8.2 torchaudio===0.7.2 -f https://download.pytorch.org/whl/torch_stable.html

# build local repo
pip install .

Pipfile

[[source]]
name = "pypi"
url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
verify_ssl = true

[dev-packages]

[packages]
torch = "===1.7.1"
install = "*"

[requires]
python_version = "3.8"

Pipfile.lock

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