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--- software:gettingstartedmax [2023/12/09 22:21] – smerkel
+++ software:gettingstartedmax [2023/12/09 22:26] (current) – smerkel
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   * silx: ''python -m pip install silx'' (not a Fable-3XRD but could become useful in the future)
-[[software:grainspotter|GrainSpotter]], also, is available automatically on Anaconda (GrainSpotter is a C program, hence the difference procedure)
+[[software:grainspotter|GrainSpotter]], also, is available automatically on Anaconda if you are using linux (GrainSpotter is a C program, hence the difference procedure)
   * In a terminal: ''conda install -c fable grainspotter''
+  * This does not seem to work with a mac, see below (installing from source)
 Those few lines will install the packages, but also thousands of various libraries that they depend on.
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   * type ''python setup.py build'',
   * type ''python setup.py install''
+[[software:grainspotter|GrainSpotter]] is a C program which, on a mac, is not readily available in anaconda
+  * Download the GrainSpotter source code from [[https://sourceforge.net/p/fable/code/HEAD/tree/GrainSpotter/trunk/]],
+  * Move into the folder with GrainSpotter and type ''make'',
+  * Copy ''GrainSpotter.0.90'' somewhere where you can access it easily. This is the executable.
+It should work out of the box.
 By now, you should be done and have a minimal working installation on your mac.