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MEAlytics has two main ways of installation; running MEAlytics as a Python package, or installation using a Windows installer.

Using a Windows Installer

MEAlytics also provides a Windows installer, which provides the simplest way of installing MEAlytics on a Windows machine. Installers for every version can be found in the releases tab.
For the installer, the package is bundled into an executable using PyInstaller, and turned into an installer using Inno Setup.

Installing Python

A Python interpreter is required to run MEAlytics, the interpreter using the official python installer. All python versions can be found on https://www.python.org/downloads/. MEAlytics has been developed and tested on python 3.14, but will most likely also work on other python 3.8+ versions.
There are plenty of guide available for this process online, to check if your installation was succesful, you can run: 

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C:\>python --version
Python 3.14.0

C:\>pip --version
pip 23.3.1
If both outputs look like this (it can be different versions) both python and pip have been successfully installed and are recognised by the system.

Installing MEAlytics

Once both python and pip have been installed, acquiring the MEA analysis tool should be simple. For the next step we will use pip to install the tool.
First, open the command prompt, then enter: 

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pip install MEAlytics
Pip will now collect the MEAlytics package from the internet, collect and install dependencies and the library. The last few lines should look like this: 
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Installing collected packages: MEAlytics
Successfully installed MEAlytics-0.1.0
MEAlytics is now successfully installed on your machine and can be executed from a python script.

Upgrade Library

MEAlytics might receive further updates to enhance the analysis, or fix problems. To check the current version of the library, open the command prompt, and enter: 

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C:\> MEAlytics --version    
MEAlytics - Version: 0.1.0

The most recent available version of the library can be found on the pypi page. The library can be upgraded using the command: 

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pip install mealytics –upgrade
This will upgrade the library to the newest available version.

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C:\ > pip install mealytics --upgrade
Successfully installed mealytics-0.1.0