/2020SpringEE405B

Qiskit Installation

Welcome to EE405A. During the first 4 weeks, we are going to cover the theory and practical use of quantum computation. From the second lecture, we will utilize Qiskit to implement a quantum circuit and to simulate a quantum computer. Qiskit is an open-source framework for working with quantum computers provided by IBM. You can build a quantum algorithm and run it not only by simulation on your desktop but also by a real quantum machine on the q-experience cloud in IBM. More information is available at https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit. This document is about the installation and configuration of Anaconda and Qiskit. Recommended OSs are as below :

  • Ubuntu >=16.04
  • MAC os >=10.12.6
  • Windows >= 7

1. Anaconda Installation

  1. Go to https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/.
  2. Select your OS and install Anaconda with python version of >=3.7.

2. Anaconda Configuration

  1. Open Anaconda Navigator, and click Environments in the left sidebar.
  2. Click the Create button and make your environment with any name you want (for example, "qiskit_env", "qiskit_venv"...). Make sure the python version of 3.7 in the pop-up.
  3. (Ubuntu/Mac) Open a terminal and check if there is (base) or (your_env) at the start of the line.
  • If not, copy and paste the following code at the end of the file ~/.bashrc(Ubuntu) or ~/.bash_profile(Mac). And then, check it after restarting the terminal.
  # added by Anaconda3 2019.10 installer
# >>> conda init >>>
# !! Contents within this block are managed by 'conda init' !!
__conda_setup="$(CONDA_REPORT_ERRORS=false '/Users/leegwonhak/opt/anaconda3/bin/conda' shell.bash hook 2> /dev/null)"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    \eval "$__conda_setup"
else
    if [ -f "/Users/leegwonhak/opt/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" ]; then
# . "/Users/leegwonhak/opt/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh"  # commented out by conda initialize
        CONDA_CHANGEPS1=false conda activate base
    else
        \export PATH="/Users/leegwonhak/opt/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"
    fi
fi
unset __conda_setup
# <<< conda init <<<

# >>> conda initialize >>>
# !! Contents within this block are managed by 'conda init' !!
__conda_setup="$('/Users/leegwonhak/opt/anaconda3/bin/conda' 'shell.bash' 'hook' 2> /dev/null)"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    eval "$__conda_setup"
else
    if [ -f "/Users/leegwonhak/opt/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" ]; then
        . "/Users/leegwonhak/opt/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh"
    else
        export PATH="/Users/leegwonhak/opt/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"
    fi
fi
unset __conda_setup
# <<< conda initialize <<<

3. Qiskit Installation

  1. Open a terminal(Ubuntu or Mac) or a Powershell Prompt at the Home in Anaconda Navigator(Windows).
  2. Type pip install qiskit.
  3. You can find the following packages by conda list | grep qiskit (grep is not working in PowerShell. just type conda list)
  • qiskit
  • qiskit-aer
  • qiskit-aqua
  • qiskit-ibmq-provider
  • qiskit-ignis
  • qiskit-terra
  1. Then you are ready to use qiskit.