Installing on Windows

Windows installers are provided for stable versions of Cantera. These installers provide the Matlab toolbox and header/library files that can be used to compile C++ applications.

To install the Cantera Python package, see the pip or conda instructions. The Python package is required if:

  • You need to work with legacy CTI or XML input files

  • You need to convert legacy input files to YAML

  • You need to convert Chemkin-format input files to YAML

Remove old versions of Cantera

  • Use The Windows "Add/Remove Programs" interface to remove previous versions of the Cantera package.

Install Cantera

  • Go to the Cantera Releases page and download Cantera-2.6.0-x64.msi.

  • Run the installer and follow the prompts.

Configure Matlab

  • If you have also installed the Python module, set the environment variable PYTHON_CMD accordingly.

    • From the Start menu, type "edit environment" and select "Edit environment variables for your account".

    • Add a New variable with PYTHON_CMD as the name and the full path to the Python executable (for example, C:\python310\python.exe) as the value.

    • Setting PYTHON_CMD is not necessary if the path to python.exe is in your PATH (which can be set from the same configuration dialog).

  • Launch Matlab

  • Go to File->Set Path...

  • Select Add with Subfolders

  • Browse to the folder C:\Program Files\Cantera\matlab\toolbox

  • Select Save, then Close.

Test the installation

  • From the Matlab prompt, run:

    gas = IdealGasMix('gri30.yaml')
h2o = Solution('liquidvapor.yaml', 'water')