Installation¶

Note

SWIG Dependency

Ensure that SWIG is installed on your system by running:

swig --version

If it is not installed, use the appropriate method for your platform:

Ubuntu/Linux:

sudo apt-get install swig
(or use your distribution's package manager)

Windows: Download and install from the official SWIG website and make sure to add it to your system PATH.

It is easiest to use LLaMEA from the PyPI package:

pip install llamea

Important

The Python version must be >= 3.11. An OpenAI/Gemini/Ollama API key is needed for using LLM models.

You can also install the package from source using uv (0.7.19). make sure you have uv installed.

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/xai-liacs/LLaMEA.git
cd LLaMEA

Install the required dependencies via uv:
```
uv sync
```
Optionally install dev or/and example dependencies: .. code-block:: bash

uv sync –dev –group examples