PYME and PYME-extra now fully pip installable

For users mainly interested in the stable releases of python-microscopy and PYME-extra for usage as is we now recommend a pip based install.

We highly recommend installing into a fresh virtual environment as can be generated with conda and related tools:

1. if you don't yet have it, download and install Miniconda or miniforge.

2. create and activate a new conda environment with python 3.10 to 3.13 (3.10 and 3.11 are probably the most well tested at present)

    conda create -n pyme-pip python=3.10
    conda activate pyme-pip

Now you are ready to use pip to install python-microscopy and PYME-extra (# is the comment sign on macOS/posix shells, just leave out that text when pasting to windows command prompts):

    # possibly install python-microscopy first and check that the install succeeds
    pip install python-microscopy
    pip install PYME-extra # installation from PyPi
    pymex_install_plugins # important final step: register the plugins systemwide

This should be all, at this stage you can launch the main applications, i.e. visgui (AKA PymeVis or PYMEVisualize) and dh5view (AKA PYMEImage) to open and process microscopy data. See also Verify Installation in the PYME docs.

Further details on installing are available on the PYME-extra github pages.