Qiskit Installation for Windows
1. Step 1: Download the Anaconda Python installer for Windows.
2. Step 2: Once the installation is complete, launch the “Anaconda Prompt”
3. Step 3: In the anaconda prompt, type “pip install qiskit”
4. Step 4:You are all set to launch the Jupyter Notebook by typing the command “jupyter notebook”
5. Step 5: Let’s create a new Python 3 Notebook by clicking New > Python 3.
This will open a new tab with an editor to write and execute Python programs.
6. Step 6: Import Qiskit by typing “import qiskit” and hit “Shift+Enter“.
7. Step 7: Let’s now check the version of Qiskit imported by typing the below line.
qiskit.__qiskit_version__
First Qiskit
Program
8. Step 8: Go to https://quantum-computing.ibm.com/ and sign-up to create your account
9. Step 9: Upon sign-in, click on the user icon on the top right corner and select "My Account"
10. Step 10: Click the "Copy token" (blue button) to copy your API token to the clipboard.
11. Step 11: Let us now go ahead and import IBMQ from Qiskit by typing the below line in the Jupyter Notebook and hit “Shift+Enter”
You now have an IBM Q Experience’s API token, so let’s save that to your computer by typing the below line and hit “Shift+Enter”
IBMQ.save_account('<YOUR-IBM-API-TOKEN>')
12. Step 13: To see that we have connected to the IBM’s Quantum devices, type the below code in the Notebook and hit “Shift+Enter”
IBMQ.load_account()