nanovna-saver/docs/INSTALLATION.md

Installation Instructions

Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04

1. Install python3.8 and pip

    sudo apt install python3.8 python3-pip
    python3 -m venv ~/.venv_nano
    . ~/.venv_nano/bin/activate
    pip install -U pip
   

2. Clone repo and cd into the directory

    git clone https://github.com/NanoVNA-Saver/nanovna-saver
    cd nanovna-saver
   

3. Update pip and run the pip installation

    python3 -m pip install .
   

   (You may need to install the additional packages python3-distutils, python3-setuptools and python3-wheel for this command to work on some distributions.)

4. Once completed run with the following command

    . ~/.venv_nano/bin/activate
    python3 nanovna-saver.py
   

MacPorts

Via a MacPorts distribution maintained by @ra1nb0w.

1. Install MacPorts following the install guide

2. Install NanoVNASaver :

    sudo port install NanoVNASaver
   

3. Now you can run the software from shell NanoVNASaver or run as app /Applications/MacPorts/NanoVNASaver.app

Homebrew

1. Install Homebrew from https://brew.sh/ (This will ask for your password)

    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
   

2. Python :

    brew install python
   

3. Pip :
   Download the get-pip.py file and run it to install pip

    curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
    python3 get-pip.py
   

4. NanoVNASaver Installation :
   clone the source code to the nanovna-saver folder

    git clone https://github.com/NanoVNA-Saver/nanovna-saver
    cd nanovna-saver
   

5. Install local pip packages

    python3 -m pip install .
   

6. Run nanovna-saver in the nanovna-saver folder by:

    python3 nanovna-saver.py