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# mode, for example as a telemetry collector:
sideband --daemon
# If you intend to run Sideband in headless
# daemon mode, you can also install it without
# any of the normal UI dependencies:
pip install sbapp --no-dependencies
# In this case, you will still need to manually
# install the minimum RNS and LXMF dependencies:
pip install rns lxmf
```
**Please Note!** If you are using an operating system that blocks normal user package installation via `pip`, it's easy to permanently return `pip` to normal behaviour by editing the `~/.config/pip/pip.conf` file, and adding the following directive in the `[global]` section:
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A DMG file containing a macOS app bundle is available on the [latest release](https://github.com/markqvist/Sideband/releases/latest) page.
Alternatively, you can install Sideband with ``pip`` on macOS:
Alternatively, you can install Sideband with ``pip3`` on macOS:
```bash
# Install Sideband and dependencies on macOS
pip install "sbapp[macos]"
# Install Sideband and dependencies on macOS:
pip3 install sbapp
# Run it
# Run it:
python3 -m sbapp.main
# If you add your pip install location to
# the PATH environment variable, you can
# also run Sideband simply using:
sideband
```
If you have not already installed Python and `pip3` on your macOS system, [download and install](https://www.python.org/downloads/) the latest version first.
## Installation On Windows
Even though there is currently not an automated installer, or packaged `.exe` file for Sideband on Windows, you can still install it through `pip`. If you don't already have Python installed, [download and install](https://www.python.org/downloads/) the latest version of Python.
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You *can* use the `pipx` tool to install Sideband in an isolated environment, but on Linux you will have to launch Sideband from the command line, or create your own launcher links, since `pipx` does not support desktop integration. Unfortunately, it does not seem like `pipx` will be adding desktop integration in the near future, so restoring the original `pip` tool to its proper behaviour is recommended for now. If you want to use `pipx` anyway, it is as simple as:
```bash
# Install Sideband on Linux
# Install Sideband on Linux:
pipx install sbapp
# Install Sideband on macOS
# Install Sideband on macOS:
pipx install "sbapp[macos]"
# Optionally install Reticulum utilities
# Optionally install Reticulum utilities:
pipx install rns
# Optionally install standalone LXMF utilities
# Optionally install standalone LXMF utilities:
pipx install lxmf
```