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```bash
sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel
sudo apt-get install -y python3-numpy python3-pyqt5 python3-pyqt5.qtsvg git-core
sudo pip3 install git+https://github.com/DroneCAN/gui_tool@master
python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/DroneCAN/gui_tool@master
```

#### Troubleshooting

If installation fails with an error like below, try to install IPython directly with `sudo pip3 install ipython`:
If installation fails with an error like below, try to install IPython directly with `python3 -m pip install ipython`:

> error: Setup script exited with error in ipython setup command:
> Invalid environment marker: sys_platform == "darwin" and platform_python_implementation == "CPython"
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#### Fedora 29+
```bash
sudo dnf install python3-PyQt5
sudo pip3 install git+https://github.com/DroneCAN/gui_tool@master
python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/DroneCAN/gui_tool@master
```

## Installing on Windows
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```bash
sudo port selfupdate
sudo port install curl-ca-bundle py35-pip py35-pyqt5 py35-numpy
sudo python3.5 -m pip install git+https://github.com/DroneCAN/gui_tool@master
python3.5 -m pip install git+https://github.com/DroneCAN/gui_tool@master
```

We would like to provide prebuilt application packages instead of the mess above.
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