Installation¶
From an installer¶
Installers for Windows 10 and MacOS are available on Github.
MacOS¶
Download the file called ADA.dmg
, and click open with DiskImageMounter.
Drag the icon into your applications folder.
When you open it for the first time you will get a warning telling you it’s from an unidentified developer, go to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy and there should be a message at the bottom of the general tab that will let you open the app.
The installer was made with MacOS Mojave, earlier or later versions may or may not work. If you find any issues please open up an issue.
Windows 10¶
There is also an installer available for Windows 10 on DropBox, the file is called ADASetup.exe
.
Simply open the file and follow the installation instructions.
Other¶
Other operating systems can be supported upon request.
From GitHub¶
Dependencies¶
These software packages should be installed in the order presented before you attempt to use the Algae Plotter.
PyQt5
Matplotlib
Check your version of python
python3 --version
If you don’t have python 3.6 installed then download it
Downloading the Source Code¶
Clone the repository from GitHub
git clone https://github.com/tgrbrooks/ADA.git
Detailed Instructions¶
Create a virtual environment in the ADA directory for installing the dependencies
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
Install the dependencies
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Install the Algae Plotter app
pip3 install --upgrade -e .
Run the program
python3 ada/main.py
When you open a new terminal you will need to activate the virtual environment again
source venv/bin/activate
You can check for, download and install updates from GitHub with
git pull
pip3 install --upgrade -e .