Installation

OpenFHE-Numpy requires the OpenFHE library to be installed first.

Prerequisites

Python 3.10+
OpenFHE library (version 1.4.0+)
NumPy
CMake (for building from source)

Installing OpenFHE

First, install the OpenFHE library. Please refer to the OpenFHE installation guide.

Installing OpenFHE-Numpy

From Source

git clone https://github.com/openfheorg/openfhe-numpy.git
cd openfhe-numpy

# Create build directory
mkdir build && cd build

# Configure with CMake
cmake ..

# Build and install
make
sudo make install

Using pip (when available)

pip install openfhe-numpy

Verification

To verify your installation:

import openfhe_numpy as onp
print(onp.__version__)

Development Installation

For development, create a virtual environment:

python3 -m venv openfhe-env
source openfhe-env/bin/activate  # Linux/macOS
pip install -e .

This installs OpenFHE-Numpy in editable mode for development.