Installation

Install with pip (For Linux)

You should install SciAssist in a virtual environment. If you’re unfamiliar with Python virtual environments, take a look at this guide:

First, creating a virtual environment in your project directory:

python -m venv .env

Activate the virtual environment.

source .env/bin/activate

Option:

You may need to install pytorch according to instructions.

Now you’re ready to install SciAssist with pip:

pip install SciAssist

Setup Grobid for pdf processing

If you want to process pdf files, then you need to install Grobid Server. You will need to have Java installed on your machine. Then, you can install your own version of Grobid and get it running. After you install the package, you can simply setup grobid with the CLI:

setup_grobid

This will setup Grobid. And after installation, starts the Grobid server with:

run_grobid

Now you are ready for inference on your task.