Installation¶
ClickPoints can be installed in different ways, you can choose the one which is the most comfortable for you and the operating system you are using.
Windows Installer¶
If you have no Python installation and just want to get started, our installer is the best option for you. Just download and execute the following installer:
Download: ClickPoints Installer
This will install the miniconda environment, if it is not already installed and download the clickpoints conda package.
Note
ClickPoints will be by default installed in a new conda environment called _app_own_environment_clickpoints.
Python Packages¶
If you are already familiar with python and have a python installation, you can choose one of the following ways:
- If you are in a conda env:
conda install -c conda-forge -c rgerum clickpoints
(recomended) - If you have pip:
pip install clickpoints
- Or with
python setup.py install
We recommend the conda installation, as this should always be the newest version of ClickPoints.
If you want to register clickpoints for the typical file extensions, e.g. add it to the right click menu, execute
clickpoints register
If you want to remove it again, call
clickpoints unregister
Developer Version¶
If you want to have ClickPoints installed from the repository and be able to update to the newest changesets, you can follow this guide. First of all you need to have mercurial installed (Mercurial). Then you can open a command line in the folder where you want to install ClickPoints (e.g. C:Software) and run the following command:
hg clone https://bitbucket.org/fabry_biophysics/clickpoints
To install the package with all dendencies, go to the folder where ClickPoints has been downloaded (e.g. C:Softwareclickpoints) and execute:
python install_requirements_with_conda.py
in the downloaded repository directory. Then execute the command
clickpoints register
which will add clickpoints to the right click menu in the file explorer.
Possible Errors¶
Here is a short list of possible error messages after installation and how they can be fixed.
This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "windows" in "".
reinstall pyqt5 with pip install pyqt5
.