Installation

Installation

u-probe can be used in two ways:

1. Option 1 – MATLAB (License Required)
2. Option 2 – MATLAB Runtime (No License Required)

Option 1 – MATLAB (License Required)

Installing MATLAB

We recommend using MATLAB 2021a or newer. You can download MATLAB from the Mathworks website. If your institution does not have a license, you can temporarily use a trial version.

📺 Video guide: Watch the YouTube tutorial for Option 1 installation

Cloning Git Repository

• For Windows-based machines, install Git for Windows
• Install GitHub Desktop (not available on Linux)
• Using GitHub Desktop, clone the DanuserLab u-probe Repository with GitHub Desktop

Click Current Repository, Add, Clone Repository, and provide URL for DanuserLab u-probe Repository (e.g., https://github.com/DanuserLab/u-probe.git). Select where you will save the data. We recommend that you save it to to the default location for MATLAB, which is often within your Documents folder (e.g., ~/Documents/MATLAB).

Adding u-probe Repository to MATLAB Path.

MATLAB needs to know where to look for the u-probe software. Thus, you will need to add the repository to the MATLAB path. To do this, open the MATLAB software. In the command window, type the command addpath(genpath('path/to/the/u-probe/repository'))

Option 2 – MATLAB Runtime (No License Required)

u-probe can also be run as a standalone executable using the free MATLAB Runtime . This option does not require a MATLAB license.

Download the u-probe standalone executable for your operating system (Windows or Linux), and install the corresponding MATLAB Runtime version.

Windows (compiled with MATLAB Runtime R2024b)

• Download u-probe 3.7 Standalone and Install MATLAB Runtime R2024b (Windows)

Linux (compiled with MATLAB Runtime R2024a)

• Download u-probe 3.7 Standalone and Install MATLAB Runtime R2024a (Linux)

Launch the application:

• Windows: Double-click the application executable (e.g., uProbe.exe).
• Linux: Navigate to the u-Probe standalone folder and run ./uProbe