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Installation

Requirements

  • Windows, Linux or macOS
  • Python 3.9 or higher
  • pip

Basic installation

Run command:

pip install picoquake

Recommended way to install if you don't need plotting capabilities. Only supports saving CSV data.

Plotting capabilities

Run command:

pip install 'picoquake[plot]'

Enables creating diagrams in time and frequency domain. Additional dependencies will be installed:

  • NumPy
  • SciPy
  • Matplotlib

Test installation

Run command:

picoquake --version

The above command should print the installed version of the package. If you see an error, try the alternative:

python -m picoquake --version

Note

python -m prefix is needed if the python scripts directory is not in the system PATH. It depends on your OS and the way Python was installed. Check the official Python documentation for more information.