BornAgain Python package is available in PyPI repository.
BornAgain GUI application is provided as 64-bit binary bundle.
BornAgain Python package can be installed with pip:
$ python -m pip install bornagain
There are two ways to install BornAgain GUI on Linux:
The BornAgain Linux installer can be downloaded from https://bornagainproject.org/ext/files/latest.
Choose installer according to the version of Python, e.g. BornAgain-20.2-python3.9-linux_x64.sh.
The installer is self-extracting and does not need any root permissions.
It can be used as follows
(here, installation root path is chosen to be ~/ba):
$ chmod +x BornAgain-20.2-python3.9-linux_x64.sh # permit execution
$ ba_path='~/ba'
$ mkdir $ba_path # make a deliberate installation path
$ ./BornAgain-20.2-python3.9-linux_x64.sh --exclude-subdir --skip-license --prefix=$ba_path
and then, the GUI can be executed:
$ cd $ba_path
$ ./bin/bornagain
A description of available options can be displayed with
$ BornAgain-20.2-python3.9-linux_x64.sh --help
The GUI package was tested with the standard X11 window system. If you are using the alternative Wayland window system, please let us know about your experience.