bec/docs/source/user/installation.md

Installation

If you are using BEC at the beamline, there is a good chance that the client is already installed. Please contact your beamline responsible for further information.
If you need to install the client yourself, you can create a Python (>= 3.8) environment using

python -m venv ./bec_venv
source ./bec_venv/bin/activate

and install the BEC server using

pip install bec-server

Once installed, you can start the server using

bec-server start

To install the BEC client, run

pip install bec-ipython-client

and start the client using

bec

You are now ready to load your first device configuration. To this end, please follow the instructions given in the following section.