conda-forge now has graph-tool

[jnothman]

The conda installation can be simplified now that conda-forge has a graph-tool build on it: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/graph-tool. This may better support cross-platform installs (still no windows), but should be tested.

[gokceneraslan]

Wow, that's really awesome to hear!

[jnothman]

Thanks go to @stuarteberg

[stuarteberg]

The package is brand new, so you may want to do your own testing before you switch to it.

[stuarteberg]

Also, we still don't have gtk+3 in conda-forge, so you still have to obtain that elsewhere if you need plotting support.

[sonamgupta1105]

@jnothman Will this code not run on Windows in Anaconda ?

[stuarteberg]

[I'm not a topsbm developer.] If topsbm requires graph-tool, then I don't see how it can work on Windows natively, but maybe WSL is an option, using the linux graph-tool package.

[stuarteberg]

BTW, in case it matters to anyone: My comment above regarding gtk+3 is now out-of-date. The current graph-tool package from conda-forge supports all graph-tool features, including plotting. (But still only on Mac and Linux, not Windows.)