1 [[installation,Installation]]
4 PulseView can be run on Linux, Windows, Mac OS X or Android. For some platforms, we provide binary
5 packages, for others we provide installers and for others we provide AppImage containers that
6 you can run without the need to install anything. Check the https://sigrok.org/wiki/Downloads[sigrok download page]
7 to see which option is available for your platform.
11 On Linux, the usual way to install PulseView is to install the packages provided by your distro's
12 package manager. However, sometimes only outdated packages are made available to you. In that case,
15 . https://sigrok.org/wiki/Downloads[Download] and use the AppImage which contains all required files and needs no installation:
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19 chmod u+x PulseView-NIGHTLY-x86_64.AppImage
20 ./PulseView-NIGHTLY-x86_64.AppImage
22 Please be aware, however, that the AppImages are built every night, so they always contain
23 the latest development changes. While we do try to keep the code base in a working state, it is sometimes
24 unavoidable to introduce bugs that show up in the nightly builds. If you encounter something that is
25 odd to you, please download and install the latest nightly and check if the issue still exists. If it
26 does, feel free to https://sigrok.org/bugzilla/[file a bug].
28 No system files are changed, so if you decide that you no longer want to use PulseView, simply
29 delete the AppImage. If you also want the stored settings gone, delete ~/.config/sigrok as well.
32 . Uninstall any sigrok packages from your package manager and build PulseView from source:
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36 _[install dependencies https://sigrok.org/wiki/Linux#Building[as listed on the wiki]]_
39 wget 'https://sigrok.org/gitweb/?p=sigrok-util.git;a=blob_plain;f=cross-compile/linux/sigrok-cross-linux' -O sigrok-cross-linux
40 chmod u+x sigrok-cross-linux
42 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/sr/lib
45 No system files are changed, so if you decide that you no longer want to use PulseView, simply
46 delete the ~/sr directory. If you also want the stored settings gone, delete ~/.config/sigrok
52 If you don't install the PulseView distro packages (as is the case when using the AppImage or building
53 from source), PulseView will not be able to access USB and serial port devices unless it's run as root.
54 Since programs shouldn't be run as root unless absolutely necessary, we provide udev configuration files
55 that allows PulseView access to those devices without being root.
57 Here's how you install them:
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61 wget 'https://sigrok.org/gitweb/?p=libsigrok.git;a=blob_plain;f=contrib/60-libsigrok.rules' -O 60-libsigrok.rules
62 wget 'https://sigrok.org/gitweb/?p=libsigrok.git;a=blob_plain;f=contrib/61-libsigrok-plugdev.rules' -O 61-libsigrok-plugdev.rules
63 wget 'https://sigrok.org/gitweb/?p=libsigrok.git;a=blob_plain;f=contrib/61-libsigrok-uaccess.rules' -O 61-libsigrok-uaccess.rules
64 sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
69 We offer installers for PulseView that contain everything you need to get started. Simply download
70 them from the https://sigrok.org/wiki/Downloads[sigrok download page] and run them as any other Windows
72 Please be aware, however, that the Windows installers are built every night, so they always contain
73 the latest development changes. While we do try to keep the code base in a working state, it is sometimes
74 unavoidable to introduce bugs that show up in the nightly builds. If you encounter something that is
75 odd to you, please download and install the latest nightly and check if the issue still exists. If it
76 does, feel free to https://sigrok.org/bugzilla/[file a bug].
78 After installation, you will find a program called Zadig in the start menu. By default, certain devices
79 recognized by Windows will have drivers installed for them that PulseView cannot use. The purpose of
80 Zadig is to let you change the driver Windows uses for a particular device - for most devices you'll need
81 to choose WinUSB to use them with PulseView or the original proprietary Windows driver to use it with whatever
82 other software you access the device with. More details are available https://sigrok.org/wiki/Windows[in the wiki].
84 In case your device doesn't show up in PulseView and you can't find it with a scan either (see next
85 chapter), check with Zadig whether the correct driver is assigned for the device.
89 We offer DMG installers for PulseView that contain everything you need to get started. Simply download
90 them from the https://sigrok.org/wiki/Downloads[sigrok download page] and run them.
92 Please be aware, however, that the DMG installers are built every night, so they always contain
93 the latest development changes. While we do try to keep the code base in a working state, it is sometimes
94 unavoidable to introduce bugs that show up in the nightly builds. If you encounter something that is
95 odd to you, please download and install the latest nightly and check if the issue still exists. If it
96 does, feel free to https://sigrok.org/bugzilla/[file a bug].
98 No system files are changed, so if you decide that you no longer want to use PulseView, simply
99 delete the DMG file. If you also want the stored settings gone, delete
100 ~/Library/Preferences/pulseview.plist as well.