Quantum Qiskit Setup

Step 0 Download Github Desktop and Clone this or your Team Repository

Step 1 Install Anaconda

Anaconda is a Python.

Step 2 Set packages.

Create a file requirements.txt file in your working directory.

You working directory is wherever you are when you open a command prompt.

pandas
numpy
matplotlib
scikit-learn
statsmodels
stargazer
jupyter
jupyterlab
ipykernel
pyyaml
pyarrow
qiskit

Step 3 Create the Anaconda Environment

From GitHub Destop do Repository->Command Prompt (win) or Repository->Termina (mac)

conda create --name quantum python=3.13
conda activate quantum
conda install pip
pip install -r requirements.txt
python -m ipykernel install --user --name quantum --display-name "Python 3.13(quantum)"

Step 4 Download VSCode

VS Code is the recommended development environment for working with Python.

Install extensions for Jupyter(Microsoft), Jupyter Notebook(Microsoft), Python(Microsoft, Pylance(Microsoft), GitHub Copilot.

To use GitHub copilot you will need to sign up for the Github Education