Installation

There are several ways to install HyperSpyUI. The application itself is rather simple to install, but its dependencies can be a bit more tricky.

Bundle Installer

If you’re on Windows, the quickest way to get set up is to download and install the HyperSpy bundle installer.

Install via conda

HyperSpyUI can also be installed in an Anaconda or Miniconda distribution using conda:

conda install -c conda-forge hyperspyui

Install via pip

HyperSpyUI is on PyPI, so simply run the command

pip install hyperspyui[all]

which will download and install HyperSpyUI and its dependencies. The package defines a GUI script hyperspyui, which can be called to start the application, or alternatively it can be started by running python -m hyperspyui.

To get HyperSpyUI to integrate with your operating system after installation, run:

python -m hyperspyui.desktop_integration

Append the --help flag for other options.

Currently, this only integrates with Windows and Linux, but this is intended to be extend to MacOS systems in the future (please consider contributing).

Getting Qt

Getting and installing Qt might or might not be easy, depending on which operating system you are on. For this reason, it is recommended to run HyperSpyUI on a distribution which offers ready-made Qt packages. Examples include WinPython, Anaconda and Miniconda.