Interest in an Avogadro + xtb installer?

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I know @matterhorn103 has brought this up, but it’s been a topic of discussion at my university (University of Pittsburgh) for the fall term.

The idea would be to provide “bundled” installers for Mac and Windows which would include:

  • Avogadro2
  • pixi to handle plugins
  • python (e.g., 3.11 or 3.12)
  • xtb plugin from @matterhorn103
  • xtb and crest

The main Avogadro installers would still just be Avogadro, but I think this would be popular.

Thoughts?

Ideas for other pieces in a bundled package?

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Are molecules, crystals, i18n already bundled?

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Yes, those are included in the base install. I’ve been keeping them as separate plugins so that people can update them as needed. At the moment, the pace of Avogadro2 releases has generally been faster than molecules or crystals although i18n is updated roughly weekly.

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Greatly interested in this for Windows. I’d like to have Avogadro + xtb installed as part of our university “image” for teaching purposes, and this would make it much easier to achieve.

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