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Project to develop a Python version of NanoLocz Atomic Force Microscopy Analysis Platform

This project is in the early stages of development.

Instructions for activation

We are using a conda environment to run the appplication as it has prospects for future data science and machine learning functionality and good dependancy resolution. Ananconda needs to be installed before running the application. You can find this on the official Anaconda distribution page. When running the installer, add anaconda to the PATH variables if on Windows

To initialise conda on the command line, run

conda init

To create the environment, run

conda create --name pNanoLocz_env python=3.11

This will create an environment on your machine that will store all the dependancies required by the program.

To activate the environment, run

On Windows:

conda activate pNanoLocz_env

On macOS/Linux:

source activate pNanoLocz_env

This will switch your PC to the development environment that will now contain the necessary dependancy files. Navigate to the folder containing the file Requirements.txt. We will now install these dependancies by running

python install_requirements.py

Once that is completed, we can run the program by running

cd src
python main.py

To ensure you are using the latest version of pNanoLocz, regularly update your local repository by running:

git pull