Download
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NICOS is available for download as a complete source file, using ``pip``, or
directly from the Git repository.

Source file
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The source distribution of NICOS can be downloaded from our
`download site <https://forge.frm2.tum.de/redmine/projects/nicos/files>`_.

Pip
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Using pip NICOS can be installed::

    pip install -i http://forge.frm2.tum.de/simple nicos

where ``http://forge.frm2.tum.de/simple/`` is a FRM II local pip repository.


.. _clone-git:

Git repository
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.. _nicos_repo:

The current development code can be obtained from our Git repository::

    git clone https://forge.frm2.tum.de/review/frm2/nicos/nicos

For non-users of `Git`_ the sources of the latest development version can
be obtained here: |sourcelink|.

.. _Git: https://git-scm.com
