Mea Melone Install (Newest - Checklist)

(run from terminal):

# Show environment the app sees mea-melone --env-dump

# Show GPU details (if enabled) mea-melone --gpu-info mea melone install

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mea-melone # from any terminal # or click the "MEA Melone" icon in your desktop menu When the UI appears for the first time, a Setup Wizard guides you through: (run from terminal): # Show environment the app

open -a "MEA Melone" # or from terminal mea-melone Tested on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Fedora 38, Arch 2024. The steps are identical for most deb‑, rpm‑, or pacman‑based distros. # 1️⃣ Extract tar -xzf MEAMelone-1.4.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz -C $HOME/.local

| Action | Details | |--------|---------| | | Installs via python3 -m venv .venv and then pip install -r requirements.txt . | | Node | Uses nvm to pull Node 20 (if not already present). | | System packages | Detects distro and runs apt-get install , dnf install , or pacman -S for libc6 , libgtk-3 , glibc , ffmpeg , libcudnn8 (optional). | | PATH | Adds $HOME/.local/MEAMelone-1.4.2/bin to ~/.bashrc (or ~/.zshrc ). | | Desktop entry | Creates ~/.local/share/applications/meamelone.desktop . | | | Node | Uses nvm to pull Node 20 (if not already present)

| Step | What you do | |------|--------------| | | Pick a directory where all analysis projects will live (default: ~/MEAMeloneProjects ). | | 2️⃣ Data source | Connect to one of the supported back‑ends: local folder, S3 bucket, Google Cloud Storage, or a live MQTT stream from field sensors. | | 3️⃣ GPU enable | If a supported GPU is detected, click Enable GPU – the wizard will write CUDA_PATH and install torch‑cuda (or rocm‑torch ). | | 4️⃣ Plugins | Browse the built‑in plugin marketplace (e.g., NDVI‑Extractor , Spectral‑Unmix , ML‑Anomaly ). Click Install ; the wizard resolves Python dependencies in the virtual env. | | 5️⃣ License | Enter your commercial license key (if you have one). A free‑tier key is auto‑generated for evaluation (valid 30 days). | Configuration file – All settings are saved to $HOME/.config/meamelone/config.yaml . You can edit it manually for advanced tweaks (e.g., custom Python interpreter path). 5️⃣ Verifying the Installation Run the self‑test from the command line: