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Getting started with biocentral_server

Installing and running​

Make sure that you have Python 3.11 and poetry installed.

# [Ubuntu 24.04] 
# Install additional dependencies 
sudo apt-get install python3-tk
sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev libxt-dev libgirepository1.0-dev
poetry install --extras linux

# [Windows 10/11]
poetry install
# Install torch with hardware settings for your system (see here: https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/)
pip3 install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118

# Run with visual control panel
poetry run run-biocentral_server.py

Now you should see the following control panel appear:

Biocentral Server Control Panel

You can start and stop the server there, view statistics and available devices.