To run TARDIS requires two files. The atomic database (for more info refer to Atomic Data) and a configuration file (more info at Configuration File).
After installing TARDIS just download the example directory https://www.dropbox.com/s/svvyr5i7m8ouzdt/tardis_example.tar.gz and run TARDIS with:
tar zxvf tardis_example.tar.gz
cd tardis_example
tardis tardis_example.yml output_spectrum.dat
Then plot the output_spectrum.dat with your favourite plotting program. Here’s an example how to do this with python. (The only thing you need to install is ipython and matplotlib - in addition to TARDIS’s requirements)
from tardis import config_reader, model, simulation
tardis_config = config_reader.TARDISConfiguration.from_yaml('myconfig.yml')
radial1d_mdl = model.Radial1DModel(tardis_config)
simulation.run_radial1d(radial1d_mdl)