GUI for ABCI program


Keywords
wakefields, accelerators, particles, GUI
License
GPL-3.0+
Install
pip install pytopplot==18.9.post3

Documentation

Description

GUI for Azimuthal Beam Cavity Interaction (ABCI) program. ABCI binaries could be obtained from http://abci.kek.jp/abci.htm.

Installation

Get python and pip

Download and install python and pip.

You may use a package manager for this. For example, in Debian installation command looks like this:

sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip

If you don't have a package manager, download installer from the python web site.

Install pytopplot

From the terminal issue the command

pip3 install pytopplot

for system-wide installation, or

pip3 install --user pytopplot

for the local installation.

Download ABCI binary [optional]

Package provides ABCI binaries, but they may be outdated.

Download the newest ABCI binaries form the ABCI web site. When program starts, in Settings tab choose the location of the ABCI binary, you want to use.

Run

In order to run the program, from the terminal issue the command

pytopplot

If it's not found, you have to modify the PATH environment variable to include the python scripts folder (unix guide,windows guide) or supply the full path to the program.

Other

Update pytopplot

To update program, from the terminal issue the command

pip3 install --upgrade pytopplot

for system-wide installation, or

pip3 install --upgrade --user pytopplot

for the local installation.

Issue submission

In case of a problem with the program, create an issue in the issue tracker.