Qiskit installation guide

IBM Quantum / © 2020 IBM Corporation
Introduction to Qiskit – Installation tutorial
Soyoung Shin
Qiskit Advocate, PhD. Candidate SNU

Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Qiskit
2. Qiskit Installation Tutorial – on Local machine
1. Requirements
2. Install Anaconda – In Windows, MAC and Linux
3. Install Qiskit and Verify Installation
3. Using Qiskit on Cloud: IQX(IBM Quantum Experience)
IBM Quantum / © 2020 IBM Corporation

Introduction to Qiskit
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© 2020 IBM Corporation

Qiskit Introduction
What is Qiskit
Qiskit [quiss-kit] is an open source SDK for working with quantum
computers at the level of pulses, circuits and application modules.
IBM Quantum / © 2020 IBM Corporation 4
Qiskit can provide:
Access to circuits: Access a rich set of well-studied circuits, which
can be used as benchmarks, building blocks in more complex
circuits, or as a tool to explore quantum computational advantage.
Hardware Access: Execute code on multiple quantum hardware
architectures, from superconducting qubits to trapped-ions.
Quantum Algorithms: Research and prototype machine learning,
optimization and chemistry applications by building upon a library
of quantum algorithms.
Noise Mitigation: Study and reduce the impact of noise using
built-in modules for noise characterization and circuit optimization.

Qiskit Elements
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Aqua
Ignis Aer
Terra
Qiskit
Hardware
Terra (Earth):
Foundational elements
Circuit, Visualization, Transpiler
Manage execution on backend
Aer(Air):
Simulators
QASM (Open Source)
Statevector Simulator (1shot)
Unitary Simulator(1shot)
Ignis(Fire):
Works on noise and errors
characterize errors, error correction
Aqua(Water):
Real world appliation
Chemistry, AI, Optimizing, Finance
https://qiskit.org/documentation/the_elements.html

Qiskit Installation Tutorial:
on Local machine
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System architecture:
Windows:
64-bit x86
32-bit x86
MacOS:
64-bit x86
Linux:
64-bit x86
64-bit Power8/Power9
Minimum 5 GB disk space
to download and install
Requirements
Python ≥ 3.6.
3.7 or 3.8 recommended
Jupyter Notebook
Anaconda recommended
Operating System:
Windows 8 or newer
64-bit macOS 10.13+
Linux, including Ubuntu,
RedHat, CentOS 6+, etc

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Install Anaconda
1. Download Installer
https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual#Downloads

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While downloading…
What is Qiskit Advocate?

Qiskit Advocate is..
Network with experts
and enthusiasts
Advocates will be
to a group of
experts and will be a
of regular information
sharing sessions.
Access to Qiskit core
members and projects
Advocates will receive
special access to core
members of the Qiskit
team for questions
and brainstorming
ideas.
Invitation to events
Active Qiskit
Advocates will be
invited to attend
global events created
for the quantum
computing
community.
Korea:
Hyensoo (Samuel)
Choi
Soyoung Shin
Korean:
Saesun Kim (USA)
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https://qiskit.org/advocates/
The Qiskit advocate program is a global program that provides support to the
individuals who actively contribute to the Qiskit Community.
https://github.com/qiskit-community/qiskit-advocate-projects

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Install Anaconda
MAC
GUI Installer
1. Launch Installer and install
Install with recommended
options
In advanced option, recommend
to choose “register anaconda as
default python”
2. Installation Verification
Cmd+Space to open Spotlight
Search and find “Anaconda
Navigator”
3. Set environment
At terminal set conda environment for
qiskit by typing
conda create --name env_name
4. Activate environment
conda activate env_name
5. Run Jupyter notebook
at terminal type:
jupyter notebook

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Install Anaconda
MAC
Command-line Installer
1. Launch Installer and Install:
Open terminal and enter the
following:
bash
~/Downloads/Anaconda3-
2020.02-MacOSX-
x86_64.sh
Cmd+Space to open Spotlight
Search and find “Anaconda
Navigator”
3. Set environment
qiskit by typing
at terminal type:
jupyter notebook

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Install Anaconda
Windows
1. Launch Installer
Same as MAC GUI Installation
at Start menu, navigate ”Anaconda
Navigator” and “Conda Prompt”

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Install Anaconda
Windows
3. Set environment
By Anaconda Prompt
By Anaconda Navigator

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Install Anaconda
Windows
4. Install and Launch jupytet notebook

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Install Anaconda
Linux
For x86 system:
At terminal, type:
bash
2020.02-Linux-x86_64.sh
2. Apply installation:
re-open terminal or type
source ~/.bashrc
3. Set environment
qiskit by typing
at terminal type:
jupyter notebook
Prerequisites
https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/linux/
warning! must use python version less than 3.8 because of there is known error on
install qiskit on linux.
It will be solved with the next release. IBM Q hub also uses python 3.8

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Install Anaconda
Linux
For Linux Power:
At terminal, type:
bash
2020.02-Linux-
ppc64le.sh
2. Apply installation:
re-open terminal or type
source ~/.bashrc
3. Set environment
qiskit by typing
5. Jupyter notebook
Run at terminal type:
jupyter notebook
Prerequisites
https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/linux-power8/

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Install Anaconda
FAQ
1. If you want to deactivate base env
conda config --set auto_activate_base false
2. If you want a env with specific python version, type
conda create --name env_name python=3.7
3. How to install the previous qiskit version?
Check release note:
https://qiskit.org/documentation/release_notes.html
you can install previous qiskit version by
pip install qiskit[visualization]==0.20.0
4. (At window) I’ve encountered an ssh error! How to solve it?
It’s because you did not use Anaconda. modify your
firewall or try to use Anaconda

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Install Qiskit
At Jupyter notebook
Windows and Linux
Mac or zsh using system

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Install Qiskit
Verify Installation At Jupyter notebook:
Check version of qiskit and other libraries

Using Qiskit on Cloud:
IQX(IBM Quantum Experience)
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Access to IQX
https://quantum-computing.ibm.com/

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https://quantum-computing.ibm.com/
New Notebook+
Launch jupyter notebook

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