Installation

Installing the PyCA software

Requirements

To use our software tool, you need to have the following requirements:

• Python >= 3.7: You can download the latest version of Python from its official website (https://www.python.org/).
• Pygame library: You can install them using the Python package manager (pip) or use anaconda. To install Pygame, run pip install pygame if you using pip or conda install -c conda-forge pygame if you using anaconda.
• Tkinter library: To install Tkinter, run pip install tkinter if you using pip or anacondaconda install tkinter``` if you using anaconda.
• Scipy library: To install scipy, run pip install scipy. In anaconda it comes by default.
• ImageIO library: To install imageio, run pip install imageio if you are using pip, and conda install -c conda-forge imageio if you use anaconda env.

Alternatively, you can install the dependencies in your virtual environment using the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

(It only works if you have the repository and you are in the directory)

Steps

To download and install our software tool, follow these steps:

• Go to our GitHub repository (https://github.com/kennyfh/PyCA/).
• Click the "Clone or download" button and select "Download ZIP".
• Extract the ZIP file on your computer.
• Open a console or terminal and navigate to the folder where you extracted the ZIP file.
• Install the dependencies. Tip: For security it is better to create a virtual environment and install the dependencies.
• Run the command python main.py to start our software tool.