# Updating the latest openUC2 Imswitch

**URL:** <https://openuc2.discourse.group/t/updating-the-latest-openuc2-imswitch/33>\
**Category:** Support and Help Desk\
**Created:** [April 14, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://openuc2.discourse.group/t/updating-the-latest-openuc2-imswitch/33 "2024-04-14T12:55:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yuhao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c68b51/32.png) [@Yuhao](https://openuc2.discourse.group/u/Yuhao)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://openuc2.discourse.group/t/updating-the-latest-openuc2-imswitch/33/1 "2024-04-14T12:55:24Z")

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Hi,

I am a user of openUC2 Imswitch. It is a great tool for me to observe the growth of our plants\*(Arabidopsis thaliana)\*. Thanks for your valuable work on upgrading and maintaining this tool. Do you have a “stable” URL(website) and tutorial to guide freshers like me in updating our openUC2 Imswitch? I believe it can save usrs lots of time and attract more users.

It would also be best if you could add a function that can automatically check Imswitch and remind users to upgrade it.

Best,  
Yuhao

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**Author:** ![benedictdied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@benedictdied](https://openuc2.discourse.group/u/benedictdied)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://openuc2.discourse.group/t/updating-the-latest-openuc2-imswitch/33/2 "2024-04-15T10:23:40Z")

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Hey @Yuhao, thanks for reaching out! In the meantime we have created an ImSwitch installer that installs a miniconda environment locally and pulls all the necessary archives from github. I tried documenting it here:

> **[Install ImSwitch using the ImSwitch Installer (Electron updated Version) |...](https://openuc2.github.io/docs/ImSwitch/ImSwitchInstaller/)**
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> This is a work-in-progress installer. Please have a look for updates or file an issue here https://github.com/openUC2/ImSwitchInstaller/issues

Let me know if this works for you. It’s a bit experimental, but it should work. Essentially it does:

1. Install a miniconda environment under `~/User/ImSwitch/miniconda3`
2. `pip install -e https://github.com/openUC2/UC2-REST/archive/refs/heads/master.zip` (as a zip)
3. `pip install -e https://github.com/openUC2/ImSwitch/archive/refs/heads/master.zip` (as a zip)

You can interact with the miniconda environment as stated here:

> **[Install ImSwitch using the ImSwitch Installer (Electron updated Version) |...](https://openuc2.github.io/docs/ImSwitch/ImSwitchInstaller/)**
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> This is a work-in-progress installer. Please have a look for updates or file an issue here https://github.com/openUC2/ImSwitchInstaller/issues

e.g. you can start imswitch without the installer by typing:  
`C:\Users\UCadmin2\ImSwitch\miniforge\python.exe -m imswitch`

Let me know if this works for you!