Apache Point Observatory now offers TUI with full Python 3.x support. Users are encouraged to upgrade their system to the most recent version of Python 3.x. Support for TUI v2.6.x and earlier has been discontinued.
- Find the Releases section on the right hand side of this GitHub Repo page.
- Select the most recent release.
- Find the approproate binary release for your platform and download it (disk image for Mac platforms).
- Run TUI by opening the downloaded binary consistently with your platform. Windows and Mac users can double-click, while Linux users should execute the binary in the terminal.
Install the latest version of Python 3.x on your system from Python.org. Update the pip package by doing pip install --upgrade pip from the command line.
Many modern Linux distributions have package-managing software. Use of those utilities is encouraged. Consult your distro's documentation for more information. Install Python 3.x on your system and update the pip package by doing pip install --upgrade pip from the command line.
Download the latest version of Python 3.x from Python.org and install it on your system.
In MacOS, open Finder, and open the /Applications/Utilities folder, then double-click Terminal.
Linux window managers include a terminal as a standard application. For example, GNOME Terminal can be accessed by hitting the Super Key, then typing "Terminal", and clicking the application icon.
Users may use PowerShell on Windows platforms. Also, the Windows command line is accessed from the Start Menu and typing "cmd", then clicking the "Command Prompt" application.
The new pip installation method for this package should download and install dependencies automatically. Have a look at the pyproject.toml file to review those dependencies.
The following Python Packages and external software are optional, but increase the functionality of TUI3. Those are:
- The Python pygame package
- SAOImageDS9
- XPA Library (unavailable for Windows)
If standard TUI sound output is desired, then install pygame by doing a pip install pygame from the command line. Note that for Mac and Linux platforms, the installation of pygame is required by the setup.py script.
If you have the git command line interface installed, navigate to a suitable source directory and do a
git clone --branch <most recent release> --recurse-submodules https://github.com/ApachePointObservatory/TUI3.git
If you don't have git tools installed, open a browser and go to the TUI3 repo. Select the most recent source release in the upper-corner, and then download a zip file. Unzip to a suitable source directory.
Download the RO package and place it in the TUI3 directory. Make sure that the top-level directory of the RO package is named RO (not RO3).
Next, do a cd TUI3 followed by pip install ..
Type tui into the command line to run TUI.
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