Installation

with pip (recommended)

DASexplorer is published on PyPI and can be installed with pip, ideally into a dedicated virtual environment or a conda environment:

Latest1.x

pip install dasexplorer

pip install dasexplorer==1.x

This will automatically install compatible versions of all direct dependencies: PyQt5, pyqtgraph, numpy, h5py, and scipy.

Tip

If you don't have prior experience with Python, we recommend reading Installing Packages from the Python Packaging User Guide, which is a good introduction to the mechanics of Python package management and helps you troubleshoot if you run into errors.

with git

DASexplorer is a new tool that is updated frequently. As a result, there may be minor changes every day that are not reflected in the pip version. DASexplorer can be used directly from GitHub by cloning the repository into a subfolder of your project root, which may be useful if you want to use the very latest version:

git clone https://github.com/sermomon/DASexplorer.git

Next, install DASexplorer and its dependencies with:

pip install -e dasexplorer

The -e flag installs the package in editable mode, so any changes you pull from the repository are reflected immediately without reinstalling.

Verifying the installation

To confirm that the installation was successful, you can launch the GUI by typing dasexplorer in your terminal:

dasexplorer

If everything is set up correctly, the DASexplorer main window should open.