Installing Zipline on NixOS Latest

Zipline is a financial research library developed in Python. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Zipline on NixOS Latest.

Prerequisites

• NixOS Latest installed
• A user account with administrative privileges

Step 1: Update your system

Before installing Zipline, it is essential to update your system to ensure that all packages are up-to-date.

To update your system, open a terminal and run the following command:

sudo nix-channel --update && sudo nixos-rebuild switch

Step 2: Install Python

Zipline requires Python 3.5 or higher to run. By default, NixOS comes with Python installed. However, we need to install the Python development headers to build some of the dependencies.

To install Python, open a terminal and run the following command:

sudo nix-env -i python python3 python3Packages.python python3Packages.pip python3Packages._sqlite python3Packages.development python3Packages.setuptools python3Packages.numpy python3Packages.pandas python3Packages.matplotlib python3Packages.seaborn

Step 3: Install Zipline

Now that we have installed all the dependencies, we can proceed with the installation of Zipline.

To install Zipline, open a terminal and run the following command:

sudo pip3 install -U zipline

Once the installation is complete, you can verify the installation by running the following command:

zipline --version

Conclusion

By following this tutorial, you have learned how to install Zipline on NixOS Latest. You can now start using the library to perform financial research and backtesting.