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ImSwitchInstallUbuntu

ImSwitch Installation Ubuntu​

Step 1: Install Visual Studio Code (VS Code)​

  1. Open a web browser and navigate to the VS Code download page.
  2. Download the Debian package for your 64-bit system.
  3. Once downloaded, open a terminal window and navigate to the directory where the .deb file is located.
  4. Run the following command to install VS Code:
    sudo dpkg -i <filename>.deb
    sudo apt-get install -f

Step 2: Install Miniconda​

  1. Open a terminal window and run the following command to download Miniconda:
    wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-py310_23.5.2-0-Linux-x86_64.sh
  2. Make the script executable and run it:
    bash Miniconda3-py310_23.5.2-0-Linux-x86_64.sh
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
  4. Create a new environment named imswitch with Python 3.10:
    conda create -n imswitch python=3.10 -y

Step 3: Clone Necessary Repositories​

  1. Navigate to the Downloads directory:
    cd ~/Downloads
  2. Clone the required repositories:
    git clone https://github.com/openUC2/UC2-REST
    git clone https://github.com/openUC2/ImSwitch
    git clone https://gitlab.com/bionanoimaging/nanoimagingpack
  1. Activate the imswitch environment:
    conda activate imswitch
  2. Navigate to the ImSwitch directory and install it:
    cd ~/Downloads/imswitch
    pip install -e .
  3. Repeat for UC2-REST and nanoimagingpack:
    cd ~/Downloads/UC2-REST
    pip install -e .
    cd ~/Downloads/nanoimagingpack  # Correcting typo from original logs
    pip install -e .

Step 5: Install Camera Drivers​

  1. Clone the camera drivers:
    cd ~/Downloads
    git clone https://github.com/hongquanli/octopi-research/
  2. Navigate to the camera drivers directory and run the installation script:
    cd octopi-research/software/drivers\ and\ libraries/daheng\ camera/Galaxy_Linux-x86_Gige-U3_32bits-64bits_1.2.1911.9122/
    ./Galaxy_camera.run

Step 6: Clone ImSwitch Configuration and Set Permissions​

  1. Navigate to the Documents directory:
    cd ~/Documents
  2. Clone the ImSwitch configuration:
    git clone https://github.com/openUC2/ImSwitchConfig
  3. Change the ownership of the device:
    sudo chown pi:pi /dev/ttyUSB0

Congratulations! You have successfully installed ImSwitch and related dependencies.