# Installation and Updating

The library is currently available for Python versions 3.9 through 3.12. Support for
future versions will be added when possible.

## GUI Tool

1. Go to the [releases page](https://github.com/HakaiInstitute/glint-mask-tools/releases)
2. Download the latest release file for your operating system.
3. Extract the compressed binary files from the gzipped archive.
4. This archive contains a file named GlintMaskGenerator-v*.\*.\*.exe that provides a GUI interface to the glint mask generation program.
5. You can copy these files to any location that is convenient for you.

## CLI Tool / Python Package

Installation of the CLI and Python tool are achieved using the Python package manager PIP.

### Installing

```bash
pip install glint-mask-tools
```

### Update

```bash
pip install --upgrade glint-mask-tools
```
