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+============
+Installation
+============
+
+The handling of packages and the virtual environment is managed by poetry.
+
+Installation on production system as user
+-----------------------------------------
+
+system requirements: pip, python3
+
+1) install poetry
+
+.. code:: console
+
+    $ python -mpip install --user poetry
+
+
+2) set <path>, where poetry puts the virtual environment
+
+.. code:: console
+
+    $ poetry config virtualenvs.path <path>
+
+3) on slackware, it is necessary to set poetry installer type
+
+.. code:: console
+
+    $ poetry config experimental.new-installer  false
+
+4) download project from the repository
+
+.. code:: console
+
+    repository
+
+5) create new poetry project
+
+.. code:: console
+
+    $ poetry new eldamwl_plot
+
+7) install eldamwl_plot
+
+.. code:: console
+
+    $ poetry install
+
+8) activate virtual environment
+
+.. code:: console
+
+    $ poetry shell
+
+check whether installation was successfull
+-----------------------------------------
+
+.. code:: console
+
+    $ poetry shell
+    $ eldamwl_plot -h
+
+or
+
+.. code:: console
+
+    $ poetry run eldamwl_plot -h