update requirements and fix README

README.md

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ In this instance, it is recommended to run in a virtual environment. Assuming Py
 
 - Clone the repository with `git clone https://github.com/DCC-EX/EX-Installer.git`
 - Change into the newly created directory
-- Create a virtual environment with `virtualenv venv`
+- Create a virtual environment with `python -m venv venv`
 - Activate the virtual environment:
   - Windows: `venv\scripts\activate`
   - Linux/macOS: `source venv/bin/activate`

requirements.txt

@@ -1,65 +1,36 @@
-Babel==2.13.1
-CTkMessagebox==2.0
-Deprecated==1.2.14
-Jinja2==3.1.4
-MarkupSafe==2.1.3
-Pillow==10.3.0
-PyJWT==2.7.0
-PyNaCl==1.5.0
-Pygments==2.17.2
-Sphinx==7.2.6
-aiohttp==3.9.4
-aiosignal==1.3.1
-alabaster==0.7.13
-altgraph==0.17.3
-async-timeout==4.0.2
-attrs==23.1.0
-breathe==4.35.0
-cattrs==23.2.3
-certifi==2024.7.4
-cffi==1.16.0
-charset-normalizer==3.3.2
-colorama==0.4.6
-cryptography==42.0.4
-customtkinter==5.2.2
-darkdetect==0.8.0
-docutils==0.20.1
-esbonio==0.16.3
-exceptiongroup==1.2.0
-frozenlist==1.4.1
-idna==3.7
-imagesize==1.4.1
-lsprotocol==2023.0.0
-macholib==1.16.3
-multidict==6.0.5
-packaging==24.1
-pefile==2023.2.7
-pillow==10.3.0
-platformdirs==4.0.0
-pycparser==2.21
-pyenchant==3.2.2
-pygit2==1.15.0
-pygls==1.2.1
-pyinstaller==6.7.0
-pyinstaller-hooks-contrib==2024.6
-pyserial==3.5
-pyspellchecker==0.7.2
-pywin32-ctypes==0.2.1
-requests==2.32.2
-setuptools==70.1.0
-snowballstemmer==2.2.0
-sphinx-rtd-dark-mode==1.3.0
-sphinx-rtd-theme==2.0.0
-sphinx-sitemap==2.5.1
-sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.7
-sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.5
-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.4
-sphinxcontrib-jquery==4.1
-sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
-sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.6
-sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.9
-sphinxcontrib-spelling==8.0.0
-typing_extensions==4.8.0
-urllib3==2.6.3
-wrapt==1.15.0
-yarl==1.9.2
+# ==========================================
+# EX-Installer 2026 – Cleaned Requirements
+# ==========================================
+
+# ----------------------
+# Runtime dependencies
+# ----------------------
+customtkinter==5.2.2      # GUI framework
+CTkMessagebox==2.7        # Message box dialogs for CTk
+Pillow==12.1.1            # Image handling
+pyserial==3.5             # Serial port communication
+requests==2.32.5          # HTTP client
+aiohttp==3.13.3           # Async HTTP client
+cryptography==46.0.5      # Encryption utilities
+PyJWT==2.11.0             # JSON Web Tokens
+PyNaCl==1.6.2             # NaCl crypto library
+pygit2==1.19.1            # Git repository interaction
+
+# ----------------------
+# Optional Documentation
+# ----------------------
+# Only needed if building docs
+Sphinx==9.1.0                 # Documentation generator
+breathe==4.36                 # Connects Doxygen to Sphinx
+sphinx-rtd-theme==3.1.0       # Read the Docs theme
+sphinx-rtd-dark-mode==1.3     # Optional dark mode theme
+sphinx-sitemap==2.5           # Sitemap for docs
+sphinxcontrib-spelling==8.0.2 # Spell checking for docs
+pyenchant==3.3.0              # Spell checking backend
+
+# ----------------------
+# Optional Packaging / Build
+# ----------------------
+# Only needed if creating executables
+pyinstaller==6.19.0
+pyinstaller-hooks-contrib==2026.2