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# How to use LobsterPyGUI?
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Simply download the `lobsterpygui` binary and copy it (e.g. in the terminal) to your `$HOME/bin` folder 📂 (don't forget to add your bin folder to your `$PATH` environment variable).
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Simply download the `lobsterpygui` binary and copy it to your `Desktop`.
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```bash
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cp $HOME/Downloads/lobsterpygui $HOME/bin
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cp $HOME/Downloads/lobsterpygui $HOME/Desktop
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```
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And then you can simply run it in the folder with your LOBSTER calculation where you want to use LobsterPy using a terminal.
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And then you can simply run LobsterPyGUI by double-clicking the binary. With `Open...` you can navigate to the directory with your LOBSTER calculation where you want to use LobsterPy.
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```bash
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cd /path/to/your/lobster/calc
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lobsterpygui
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```
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# Example
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[<img align="center" src="https://quantumchemist.github.io/utils/lpg.png" width="100%" height=auto />](https://github.com/QuantumChemist/LobsterPyGUI)
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When you open lobsterpygui in the terminal and e.g. click on `Plot LOBSTER DOS` it will execute the command `lobsterpy plot-dos` in the background using the lobsterpy-internal plotters. It will also print the standard output (std out) and errors (std err) of any command in the GUI.
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When you open lobsterpygui, navigate to your calculation run, and e.g. click on `Plot LOBSTER DOS` it will execute the command `lobsterpy plot-dos` in the background using the lobsterpy-internal plotters. It will also print the standard output (std out) and errors (std err) of any command in the GUI.
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# How to cite LOBSTER and LobsterPy?

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