Using a Custom Python Installation

The following instructions are guidelines on how to run Basilisk with a computer that is not using a system installed version of Python.

• Basilisk must be built and run with the same Python binary. For example, you cannot build for Python 3.7 and run against Python 3.9.

• The best way to work with different versions of python installed on your computer is to setup a virtual python environment, such as with venv. In this case only that python used to create the virtual environment is available and conflicts with other versions are avoided.

• If you use a virtual environment, but sure to build Basilisk in that virtual environment for the simulation script to function.