Install Aydin

You can install Aydin in two different ways.

First one is downloading the operating system specific bundles we have prepared. This approach requires zero command-line interactions. It is as simple as downloading Aydin bundle, installing/unzipping the bundle and double-clicking on Aydin icon to start it.

Second approach is installing Aydin via pip. With this approach, you will have more flexible installation. It can be easier to set certain GPU-using dependencies in this approach.

Below, we are giving detailed, step-by-step installation guides to help you installing Aydin on your computer.

Install Aydin bundle on Mac OSX

Download the OSX bundle to start. Then right-click and open the Aydin installer as shown below:

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You will be welcomed by the opening page of the installer, click on Continue button:

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You can then choose the destination in which Aydin will be installed. On this step please choose the partition that has your home folder, so that we can install Aydin into your home folder for your convenience:

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You are ready to start the installation, just click on Install button:

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Installer will run and show you its progress as shown below:

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Once the installation is done, you can close the installer:

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After a successful installation, you can find Aydin in your Applications folder as shown below:

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Install Aydin bundle on Windows

Download the Windows bundle to start. Then extract the compressed Aydin bundle, you should be able to see the see extracted folder as shown below:

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You can open the folder and double-click on the run-aydin file to start Aydin:

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Install Aydin bundle on Linux

Download the Linux bundle to start. Then extract the Aydin bundle from the compressed file. You should be able to see the see extracted folder as shown below:

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You can open the folder and run the run-aydin.sh script from terminal to start Aydin:

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or you can get into aydin folder and double-click on the executable named aydin:

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Install Aydin in a Conda environment with CUDA support

$ conda create -y -n aydin_env python=3.9
$ conda activate aydin_env
$ pip install aydin
$ conda install cudatoolkit