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+# PyChrono Installation Guide
+
+This guide walks you through the installation of [PyChrono](https://projectchrono.org/) for this project.
+
+
+## Install Anaconda or Miniconda distribution
+
+check the [installation guide](https://www.anaconda.com/docs/getting-started/miniconda/install#macos-linux-installation)
+
+## Step 1: Add the conda-forge channel
+Open a terminal window. For Windows users, please use Powershell.
+
+```bash
+conda config --add channels http://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
+```
+
+## Step 2: Create a new environment for PyChrono
+
+```bash
+conda create -n chrono python=3.9
+```
+You can replace "chrono" with the name you want.
+
+To enter the environment:
+```bash
+conda activate chrono
+```
+To leave the environment:
+```bash
+conda deactivate
+```
+In the following steps, please stay in the created environment so that all the dependencies needed will stay in this environment.
+
+
+## Step 3: Install dependencies for PyChrono
+```bash
+conda install -c conda-forge numpy=1.24.0
+conda install -c conda-forge matplotlib
+conda install -c conda-forge irrlicht=1.8.5
+conda install -c conda-forge pytz
+conda install -c conda-forge scipy
+```
+
+## Step 4: Download Pychrono package and install
+Visit the [package repo](https://anaconda.org/projectchrono/pychrono/files?page=3)
+
+(Choose the file with label "release")
+For MacOS users, please click to download osx-arm64/pychrono-7.0.0-py39_2455.tar.bz2
+
+For Windows users, please download win-64/pychrono-8.0.0-py39_0.tar.bz2
+
+For Linux users, please download linux-64/pychrono-8.0.0-py39_0.tar.bz2
+
+After the download completes, navigate to the Downloads folder and install PyChrono
+```bash
+cd Downloads/
+conda install pychrono-7.0.0-py39_2455.tar.bz2
+```
+
+for Mac users:
+```bash
+export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/miniconda3/envs/pychrono/share/chrono/python
+```
+
+## Step 5: Copy the demos and test the installation
+First, navigate to the folder you want to keep the demos files.
+```bash
+mkdir pychrono_demos
+cd pychrono_demos/
+cp -r $PYTHONPATH/pychrono/demos/* .
+```
+Now you can try to run the demos to check if the installation is correct.
+For example,
+```bash
+cd mbs/
+python3.9 demos_MBS_revolute.py
+```
+## Step 6: Try to run the code
+Clone the repo and navigate to the project folder.
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/andrealaffly/UAV_Sim_PyChrono.git
+cd UAV_Sim_PyChrono
+git checkout dev
+python3.9 main.py
+```