manim

Manim: an animation engine for precise programmatic animations

Ready to run

Install python
Install FFmpeg to render manim
- Windows
  1. Download FFmpeg: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-windows
  2. Unzip and rename the folder to ffmpeg
  3. Move it into the root of C:/
  4. Run cmd as an administrator
  5. Set the PATH environment variable for ffmpeg: setx /m PATH "C:/ffmpeg/bin;%PATH%"
  6. Restart cmd and to check whether FFmpeg is installed successfully: ffmpeg -version
- Reference here: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-install-ffmpeg-on-windows/
- Notice
  - FFmpeg : a cross-platform & open-source software utility to record, convert and stream video/autio files.
  - NOT ffmpeg python package
Install Tex Live to run manim
- Linux
  - sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-extra
- Windows
  - Download install file here: https://tug.org/texlive/windows.html
  - MUST run install-tl-windows.exe as an administrator
    - Notice: it can take long time!

Install 'Manim'

Conda

conda create -n my-environment python=3.10
conda activate my-environment
conda install -c conda-forge manim

Run 'Manim'

manim -pql -i <file_name.py> <class_name>
- e.g., manim -pql gradient.py ConvexPlot