Installation of TAT

Via installer (only Windows currently supported)

There is only Windows installer currently supported. For Linux or macOS, get the pip version or compile the sources. To get the installer, go to the release page, and click on the file you want to download.

The .msi file is an installer that will automatically put all the files in the selected directory and will create desktop and start menu shortcuts. The zip file is a portable version containing the executable tat.exe and all the required dependencies (no installation required).

This version is a standalone, meaning that you don’t need any prerequisite (e.g. having a python distribution installed) to run the application.

Via pip

Requirements

During this section, we will assume that you have Python installed. If it is not the case, you can install it by downloading it on the official Python website or using your distribution package manager if you are on Linux. Python 3.8 or superior is required.

Installation

In a command prompt, write the following command to install the tat package add all its dependencies using the pip tool :

pip install tat

Note

If you are using Windows, it may happends that pip is not in your path. So you will need to add python -m pip to install the package, e.g. shell python -m pip install tat

Via sources

Getting the sources

As this project is open source, you can directly download the sources on the Git repo. You can either download the sources as a zip on the website https://github.com/ShinoYasx/tat, or use Git :

git clone https://github.com/ShinoYasx/tat tat
cd tat/

Installing from sources

Once you download the sources, there will be an executable than you can run in the project root, called setup.py. Run this file will install TAT in your current python environment :

python setup.py install

Executing the application

Via the command line interface

TAT is a module and has a startup script, so you can run it with the following command :

python -m tat

Or if the Python scripts are in your path :

tat

Via a desktop environment

Windows

If you used the installer, a shortcut should be available on the Desktop and in the Start Menu named Tomography Analysis Tool. Just click on it to start the application.

If you used pip or sources installation, an executable file should be available in the start menu, to find it simply type tat in the search bar. Click tat.exe to open the application.

Linux

If you are on Linux, there will be no default desktop executable. You can however download this file and put it into ~/.local/share/applications, or with a one-liner bash command :

curl --create-dirs -O --output-dir ~/.local/share/applications/ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ShinoYasx/tat/master/data/ch.unige.tat.desktop