MicroView is a 3D image viewer and analysis tool. It is written in Python and C++ and leverages a variety of open source tools including VTK, and wxPython.
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Download and install python
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Install pip
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Install virtualenv
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Create a virtualenv environment:
virtualenv MV
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Activate the newly created virtualenv environment.
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On Windows, set needed environment variables:
- if compiling with VS2010 or higher, read and follow this link
- set language variable:
export LANG='eng_US.UTF-8'
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Download MicroView dependencies that aren't easily installed with pip. For each of the following packages, download the installer and place in an accessible folder:
Christoph Gohlke's repository is an excellent resource for Windows installers, especially for 64-bit architectures
- Next, for each downloaded installer, run:
easy_install PACKAGE
Pillow may not install correctly unless an environment variable is set. Under cygwin, for instance, the following command must be executed before attempting to install::
export LANG='eng_US.UTF-8'
- Install MicroView dependencies:
pip install -r microview.git/MicroView/requirements.txt