Requirements

At version 1.0, QuickView is expected to be installed and used from a personal computer with the data files also being local. Future versions are expected to support the server-client model.

EAM QuickView has two key requirements, python version >=3.10 and ParaView >=5.13

Python version 3.10

Python can be installed using either homebrew if using macOS like

brew install python3.10

or apt if using Ubuntu Linux.

sudo apt install python3.10

Alternatively, python can also be installed using anaconda/miniconda

conda create --name eamapp python=3.10.0
conda activate eamapp

However, this would require activating/deactivating the conda environment before/after using the application.

ParaView 5.13 installed on the system

ParaView can be installed from the binaries found at https://www.paraview.org/download

The additional requirements for the app are satisfied once the app is launched for the very first time using Python virtual environments venv. An additional step for the use is to provide the path to ParaView's Python client that is distributed with the ParaView binaries. The pvpython binary is present in the bin directory of ParaView, on macOS the path is something like /Applications/ParaView-5.13.0.app/Contents/bin/pvpython