For instructions on installing anaconda on your machine (download the distribution that comes with python 3):
https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/

After setting up anaconda, first install openslide:

sudo apt-get install openslide-tools

Next, use the environment configuration file located in docs/clam.yaml to create a conda environment:

conda env create -n clam -f docs/clam.yaml

Activate the environment:

conda activate clam

Once inside the created environment, to install smooth-topk (first cd to a location that is outside the project folder and is suitable for cloning new git repositories):

git clone https://github.com/oval-group/smooth-topk.git
cd smooth-topk
python setup.py install

When done running experiments, to deactivate the environment:

conda deactivate clam