docs(macOS): Improve macOS install instructions

Author: amilcarlucas

INSTALL.md

@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ ardupilot_methodic_configurator
 
 Follow the Linux installation instructions above.
 
+You might need to also do:
+
+```bash
+brew install uv [email protected]
+```
+
 ## Install *Mission Planner* software on a PC or Mac
 
 1. Download and install [Mission Planner](https://firmware.ardupilot.org/Tools/MissionPlanner/).

install_macos.sh

@@ -2,20 +2,24 @@
 #
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-2025 Amilcar do Carmo Lucas <[email protected]>
 #
-#SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# Use uv to create a virtual environment and replace python pip
+# Install tkinter for Python 3.9
+brew install uv [email protected]
 
 # Use venv if you use python3 due to the PEP668
-python3 -m venv .venv
+uv venv --python 3.9
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
 source .venv/bin/activate
 
 # Uninstall serial and pyserial to avoid conflicts
 echo "Uninstalling serial and pyserial..."
-python3 -m pip uninstall -y serial pyserial
+uv pip uninstall serial pyserial
 
 # Install the project dependencies
 echo "Installing project dependencies..."
-python3 -m pip install -e .[dev]
+uv pip install -e .[dev]
 
 # configure git local repository settings
 git config --local pull.rebase true
@@ -30,6 +34,6 @@ pre-commit install
 echo "Installation complete."
 echo ""
 echo "You can run the ArduPilot methodic configurator GUI by executing:"
-echo "python3 -m ardupilot_methodic_configurator"
+echo "source .venv/bin/activate && python3 -m ardupilot_methodic_configurator"
 echo ""
 echo "For more detailed usage instructions, please refer to the USERMANUAL.md file."

install_windows.bat

@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ rem SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-2025 Amilcar do Carmo Lucas <amilcar.lucas@iav.
 rem
 rem SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
+echo WARNING: This script should only be run by ArduPilot methodic configurator developers.
+echo Normal users should use https://ardupilot.github.io/MethodicConfigurator/INSTALL.html instead.
+choice /C YN /M "Do you want to proceed? (Y/N)"
+if errorlevel 2 goto :skip_uninstall
+if errorlevel 1 goto :do_install
+
+:do_install
 rem Check if Python 3 is installed
 where python3 >nul 2>&1
 if %errorlevel% neq 0 (