# Installation

To make the installation of EasyReflectometry as easy as possible, we prepare packaged releases for three major operating systems:
- [Windows](https://github.com/EasyScience/EasyReflectometryApp/releases/download/v1.1.1/EasyReflectometryApp_v1.1.1_windows-2022.exe)
- [MacOS (Silicon)](https://github.com/EasyScience/EasyReflectometryApp/releases/download/v1.1.1/EasyReflectometryApp_v1.1.1_macos-14-AppleSilicon.zip)
- [Linux (built on Ubuntu-24.04)](https://github.com/EasyScience/EasyReflectometryApp/releases/download/v1.1.1/EasyReflectometryApp_v1.1.1_ubuntu-22.04)
- [Linux (built on Ubuntu-22.04)](https://github.com/EasyScience/EasyReflectometryApp/releases/download/v1.1.1/EasyReflectometryApp_v1.1.1_ubuntu-24.04)

If the relevant EasyReflectometry installation does not work on your system, then please try installation from source.

## Installation from source

1. Clone EasyReflectometryApp repo from GitHub
    > git clone https://github.com/easyScience/EasyReflectometryApp
2. Go to EasyReflectometryApp directory
3. Create miniforge conda environment with the name era_312 for EasyReflectometryApp
    > conda create --name era_312 python=3.12
4. Create environment for EasyReflectometryApp and install it and its dependences using pip
    > pip install -e .
5. Launch EasyReflectometry application in the created environment
    > python EasyReflectometryApp/main.py