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Install and Launch for End Users

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 will support the server-client model allowing access to remote data.

Releases so far have focused on macOS. Support for more systems will be added in the near future.

Install

For end users, pre-built binaries are available and can be installed with just a few steps, as described below.

  1. Download a pre-built binary from the releases page. macOS users with Apple Silicon chips should download a *_aarch64.dmg, and those with Intel chips should download a *_x64.dmg file.

  2. Important: After the download, use the following command in Terminal to unblock the app for macOS:

    xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <your_filename>.dmg

    Explanation: In order to facilitate frequent iterations between our developers on the software and science sides, disk images are built and made public using GitHub's automated release process rather than being manually built and then signed at Kitware. Hence the .dmg files on the GitHub releases page have not been signed using an Apple Developer ID, and the command provided above is needed, so that after download, the macOS Gatekeeper will not block the app.

  3. Double-click the downloaded .dmg file. In the pop-up window, drag the QuickView icon into the Applications folder.

!!! tip "Tip: No Worries about Dependencies"

The pre-built binaries include the dependencies required to
start the app locally. Any additional dependencies for data processing
and visualization are downloaded and installed automatically on the first launch.

Launch

To launch the EAM QuickView GUI, simply double-click the app icon in the Applications folder.

!!! tip "Tip: Patience with the First Launch"

On the first launch of a new app version, required dependencies are
downloaded and installed. This may take a minute or more, depending
on the Internet connection. Subsequent launches typically take only a few seconds.