From sources

Download the latest NXS Configuration Tool version from

and extract the sources.

One can also download the lastest version directly from the git repository by

git clone https://github.com/jkotan/nexdatas.configtool/

Next, run the installation script

$ pip3 install . -vv  --no-deps --no-build-isolation

and launch

$ nxsdesigner

Debian packages

Debian Trixie, Bookworm, Bullseye or Ubuntu Stonking, Resolute, Noble packages can be found in the HDRI repository.

To install the debian packages, add the PGP repository key

$ sudo su
$ curl -s http://repos.pni-hdri.de/debian_repo.pub.gpg | gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring gnupg-ring:/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/debian-hdri-repo.gpg --import
$ chmod 644 /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/debian-hdri-repo.gpg

and then download the corresponding source list

$ cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d
$ wget http://repos.pni-hdri.de/trixie-pni-hdri.sources

Finally,

$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install nxsconfigtool

To instal other NexDaTaS packages

$ apt-get install python3-nxswriter python3-nxsconfigserver nxsconfigserver-db nxstools

and

$ apt-get install python3-nxsrecselector nxselector python3-sardana-nxsrecorder

for Component Selector and Sardana related packages.

From conda or pip

The code can be installed in your conda environment by

$ conda create -n myenv python=3.13
$ conda activate myenv
$ conda config --add channels conda-forge
$ conda config --set channel_priority strict

$ conda install nxsdesigner

To install it from pip you need to install pyqt5, e.g.

$ python3 -m venv myvenv
$ . myvenv/bin/activate

$ pip install pyqt5
$ pip install nxsconfigtool

Moreover it is also good to install

$ pip install pytango