Installation¶

System Requirements¶

Supported Python versions: 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11.

Install Redis

Skip this step if Redis is already installed and running.

Linux:
```
$ sudo apt install redis
$ sudo systemctl start redis
```
Mac OS:

See https://gist.github.com/tomysmile/1b8a321e7c58499ef9f9441b2faa0aa8.
Create Conda environment

It is recommended to install the Queue Server in Conda environment. A new environment can be created or already existing environment can be activated. The following example illustrates how to create a new Conda environment with the name queue_server and Python 3.10 installed:
```
$ conda create -n queue_server python=3.10
$ activate queue_server
```
Install Queue Server

Install from PyPI:
```
$ pip install bluesky-queueserver
```
Install from conda-forge:
```
$ conda install bluesky-queueserver -c conda-forge
```
Install from from source (GitHub repository):
```
$ cd <directory-with-git-repositories>
$ git clone https://github.com/bluesky/bluesky-queueserver.git
$ cd bluesky-queueserver
$ pip install -e .
```
After the installation is completed, users should be able to run start-re-manager, qserver, qserver-list-plans-devices and qserver-zmq-keys tools from command line.