diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 222df63c..8bfbc89c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,3 +45,7 @@ bin/kps-image-1.12.so.bak
 video/
 output/parking_wind_dir.mp4
 output/full_simulation.mp4
+examples/.CondaPkg/
+test/.CondaPkg/
+.CondaPkg/
+
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index deaca645..6d483c62 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## KiteControllers v0.2.27 - 2026-05-07
+## KiteControllers v0.2.28 - 2026-05-14
 ### Added
-- added `FFMPEG` to `examples/Project.toml`
-- `parking_wind_dir.jl` creates now a video and stores it in the **output** folder
-- `PLOT_RATES` option to `parking_wind_dir.jl`
-- `analyse.jl` script to plot heading_rate and heading_turn_rate
-- optional `azimuth` keyword argument to `calc_steering`
+- `--update`, `--yes`, `--help` command-line options to `bin/install`
+- `CondaPkg.toml` for managing matplotlib and pyqt via CondaPkg/pixi
+- `JULIA_PYTHONCALL_EXE` environment variable in `setup_env` pointing to CondaPkg Python
+- CondaPkg directories to `.gitignore`
 
 ### Changed
-- further parameter tuning in `parking_4p.jl`, `parking_controller.jl`, and `parking_wind_dir.jl`
-- updated documentation in `docs/src/projects.md`
-- added updated documentation images `parking_wind_dir_T0.png` and `parking_wind_dir_T1.png`
-- bump KiteModels to 0.11.11
-- improved parking controller, updated from KiteModels.jl
-- moved plot from `autopilot.jl` to `analyse.jl`
-- removed `get_default_turbulence` and `set_default_turbulence` (moved to KiteModels)
+- switched from PyCall/PyPlot to PythonCall/CondaPkg for ControlPlots (bump ControlPlots to 0.3). Main advantage: The plotting library is now thread-safe.
+- `bin/install_controlplots` now uses CondaPkg instead of Conda/PyCall; default backend changed to CondaPkg
+- `bin/install`: added `--update` mode that removes manifests and runs `Pkg.update()`
+- `bin/install`: improved error handling with automatic retry on resolve failures
+- `bin/install`: passes `--yes` flag to `install_controlplots` in non-interactive mode
+- `bin/setup_env`: improved OpenSSL handling (use LD_LIBRARY_PATH instead of force-preloading libcrypto)
+- `bin/setup_env`: added libexpat handling for CondaPkg/pixi Python 3.13+
+- `bin/setup_env`: suppress verbose CondaPkg logs by default
+- `bin/run_julia`: use `-t auto` instead of `-t 1` to utilize all CPU threads
+- `bin/create_sys_image`: removed Python/matplotlib detection (no longer needed with CondaPkg)
 - updated default manifests
 
 ### Fixed
-- fixed calculation of heading_rate in `systemstatecontrol.jl` and `autopilot.jl`
-- fixed `autopilot.jl`
-- fixed `parking_wind_dir.jl` to use `update_sys_state!`
+- fixed OpenSSL symbol mismatch by not force-preloading libcrypto in launcher wrappers
 
 ## KiteControllers v0.2.26 - 2026-05-04
 ### Changed
diff --git a/Manifest-v1.11.toml.default b/Manifest-v1.11.toml.default
index 6026620b..e4fdca2c 100644
--- a/Manifest-v1.11.toml.default
+++ b/Manifest-v1.11.toml.default
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 julia_version = "1.11.9"
 manifest_format = "2.0"
-project_hash = "1e820e0907b067d3b2b4130a5328c7761179fb1e"
+project_hash = "781045a89c7883257b2c12e61affba6f9d86a313"
 
 [[deps.ADTypes]]
 git-tree-sha1 = "bbc22a9a08a0ef6460041086d8a7b27940ed4ffd"
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ version = "0.1.44"
     Unitful = "1986cc42-f94f-5a68-af5c-568840ba703d"
 
 [[deps.Adapt]]
-deps = ["LinearAlgebra", "Requires"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "0761717147821d696c9470a7a86364b2fbd22fd8"
+deps = ["LinearAlgebra"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "28e1637322d4019ed2577cbec9268fab9b7da117"
 uuid = "79e6a3ab-5dfb-504d-930d-738a2a938a0e"
-version = "4.5.2"
+version = "4.6.0"
 weakdeps = ["SparseArrays", "StaticArrays"]
 
     [deps.Adapt.extensions]
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ version = "1.1.2"
 
 [[deps.ArrayInterface]]
 deps = ["Adapt", "LinearAlgebra"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "54f895554d05c83e3dd59f6a396671dae8999573"
+git-tree-sha1 = "3d0cabd25fab32390e3bcb82cd67e700aebd9816"
 uuid = "4fba245c-0d91-5ea0-9b3e-6abc04ee57a9"
-version = "7.24.0"
+version = "7.25.0"
 
     [deps.ArrayInterface.extensions]
     ArrayInterfaceAMDGPUExt = "AMDGPU"
@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ version = "0.10.16"
 
 [[deps.Cairo_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Bzip2_jll", "CompilerSupportLibraries_jll", "Fontconfig_jll", "FreeType2_jll", "Glib_jll", "JLLWrappers", "Libdl", "Pixman_jll", "Xorg_libXext_jll", "Xorg_libXrender_jll", "Zlib_jll", "libpng_jll"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "d0efe2c6fdcdaa1c161d206aa8b933788397ec71"
+git-tree-sha1 = "1fa950ebc3e37eccd51c6a8fe1f92f7d86263522"
 uuid = "83423d85-b0ee-5818-9007-b63ccbeb887a"
-version = "1.18.6+0"
+version = "1.18.7+0"
 
 [[deps.ChainRulesCore]]
 deps = ["Compat", "LinearAlgebra"]
@@ -387,11 +387,11 @@ git-tree-sha1 = "21d088c496ea22914fe80906eb5bce65755e5ec8"
 uuid = "f0e56b4a-5159-44fe-b623-3e5288b988bb"
 version = "2.5.1"
 
-[[deps.Conda]]
-deps = ["Downloads", "JSON", "VersionParsing"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "8f06b0cfa4c514c7b9546756dbae91fcfbc92dc9"
-uuid = "8f4d0f93-b110-5947-807f-2305c1781a2d"
-version = "1.10.3"
+[[deps.CondaPkg]]
+deps = ["JSON", "Markdown", "MicroMamba", "Pidfile", "Pkg", "Preferences", "Scratch", "TOML", "pixi_jll"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "0300af904a8c8d41ff715a60a6959136d22b8572"
+uuid = "992eb4ea-22a4-4c89-a5bb-47a3300528ab"
+version = "0.2.34"
 
 [[deps.ConstructionBase]]
 git-tree-sha1 = "b4b092499347b18a015186eae3042f72267106cb"
@@ -410,10 +410,10 @@ uuid = "d38c429a-6771-53c6-b99e-75d170b6e991"
 version = "0.6.3"
 
 [[deps.ControlPlots]]
-deps = ["JLD2", "LaTeXStrings", "Pkg", "Printf", "PyPlot", "StaticArraysCore"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "e2df85353a8457a0a18d9248a50a13bef3287389"
+deps = ["JLD2", "LaTeXStrings", "Pkg", "Printf", "PythonPlot", "StaticArraysCore"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "6cbab46fef00616339eb4c3e10faeb11b408a9cc"
 uuid = "23c2ee80-7a9e-4350-b264-8e670f12517c"
-version = "0.2.14"
+version = "0.3.0"
 
     [deps.ControlPlots.extensions]
     ControlPlotsExt = "ControlSystemsBase"
@@ -546,9 +546,9 @@ version = "1.15.1"
 
 [[deps.DifferentiationInterface]]
 deps = ["ADTypes", "LinearAlgebra"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "d0250552e42bf7cc36479fd38a6e30004c9e8c2b"
+git-tree-sha1 = "2147a95a217cc8a78ec96ee03581adf129468e49"
 uuid = "a0c0ee7d-e4b9-4e03-894e-1c5f64a51d63"
-version = "0.7.17"
+version = "0.7.18"
 
     [deps.DifferentiationInterface.extensions]
     DifferentiationInterfaceChainRulesCoreExt = "ChainRulesCore"
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ version = "0.7.17"
     DifferentiationInterfaceForwardDiffExt = ["ForwardDiff", "DiffResults"]
     DifferentiationInterfaceGPUArraysCoreExt = ["GPUArraysCore", "Adapt"]
     DifferentiationInterfaceGTPSAExt = "GTPSA"
+    DifferentiationInterfaceHyperHessiansExt = "HyperHessians"
     DifferentiationInterfaceMooncakeExt = "Mooncake"
     DifferentiationInterfacePolyesterForwardDiffExt = ["PolyesterForwardDiff", "ForwardDiff", "DiffResults"]
     DifferentiationInterfaceReverseDiffExt = ["ReverseDiff", "DiffResults"]
@@ -584,6 +585,7 @@ version = "0.7.17"
     ForwardDiff = "f6369f11-7733-5829-9624-2563aa707210"
     GPUArraysCore = "46192b85-c4d5-4398-a991-12ede77f4527"
     GTPSA = "b27dd330-f138-47c5-815b-40db9dd9b6e8"
+    HyperHessians = "06b494a0-c8e0-40cc-ad32-d99506a00a6c"
     Mooncake = "da2b9cff-9c12-43a0-ae48-6db2b0edb7d6"
     PolyesterForwardDiff = "98d1487c-24ca-40b6-b7ab-df2af84e126b"
     ReverseDiff = "37e2e3b7-166d-5795-8a7a-e32c996b4267"
@@ -1172,9 +1174,9 @@ weakdeps = ["UnPack"]
 
 [[deps.JLLWrappers]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Preferences"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "0533e564aae234aff59ab625543145446d8b6ec2"
+git-tree-sha1 = "7204148362dafe5fe6a273f855b8ccbe4df8173e"
 uuid = "692b3bcd-3c85-4b1f-b108-f13ce0eb3210"
-version = "1.7.1"
+version = "1.8.0"
 
 [[deps.JSON]]
 deps = ["Dates", "Logging", "Parsers", "PrecompileTools", "StructUtils", "UUIDs", "Unicode"]
@@ -1220,13 +1222,13 @@ version = "0.6.11"
 deps = ["DiscretePIDs", "JLD2", "KiteUtils", "NLSolversBase", "NLsolve", "Observables", "Parameters", "Pkg", "Printf", "Reexport", "Rotations", "StaticArrays", "StatsBase", "StructTypes", "Timers", "WinchControllers", "WinchModels", "YAML"]
 path = ".."
 uuid = "b19fd437-5b3a-4cca-b199-c3ded0f20ded"
-version = "0.2.25"
+version = "0.2.28"
 
 [[deps.KiteModels]]
 deps = ["AtmosphericModels", "Dierckx", "DiffEqBase", "DiscretePIDs", "DocStringExtensions", "Interpolations", "KitePodModels", "KiteUtils", "LinearAlgebra", "LinearSolve", "Logging", "NLSolversBase", "NLsolve", "NonlinearSolve", "OrdinaryDiffEqBDF", "OrdinaryDiffEqCore", "OrdinaryDiffEqNonlinearSolve", "Parameters", "Pkg", "PrecompileTools", "REPL", "Reexport", "Rotations", "StaticArrays", "Statistics", "Sundials", "Suppressor", "WinchModels"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "342420c3607d7cc84e4305ee1093f1bf98838fdb"
+git-tree-sha1 = "f85d3db792d967ccab5105e51f9e45a668af3802"
 uuid = "b94af626-7959-4878-9336-2adc27959007"
-version = "0.11.10"
+version = "0.11.13"
 
 [[deps.KitePodModels]]
 deps = ["DocStringExtensions", "KiteUtils", "Reexport"]
@@ -1236,9 +1238,9 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 
 [[deps.KiteUtils]]
 deps = ["Arrow", "CSV", "DocStringExtensions", "LinearAlgebra", "OrderedCollections", "Parameters", "Parsers", "Pkg", "PrecompileTools", "RecursiveArrayTools", "ReferenceFrameRotations", "Rotations", "StaticArrays", "StructArrays", "StructTypes", "YAML"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "0d4160c6f845b7e19f754f4b9179d4e51b96f43f"
+git-tree-sha1 = "edd32b16440b162db774dc42604f7faa921541e6"
 uuid = "90980105-b163-44e5-ba9f-8b1c83bb0533"
-version = "0.11.7"
+version = "0.11.8"
 
 [[deps.KiteViewers]]
 deps = ["FileIO", "GLMakie", "GeometryBasics", "Joysticks", "KiteUtils", "LinearAlgebra", "Parameters", "Pkg", "PrecompileTools", "Printf", "Reexport", "Rotations", "StaticArrays", "StructArrays", "Timers"]
@@ -1413,9 +1415,9 @@ version = "2.13.0"
 
 [[deps.LinearSolve]]
 deps = ["ArrayInterface", "ConcreteStructs", "DocStringExtensions", "EnumX", "GPUArraysCore", "InteractiveUtils", "Krylov", "Libdl", "LinearAlgebra", "MKL_jll", "Markdown", "OpenBLAS_jll", "PrecompileTools", "Preferences", "RecursiveArrayTools", "Reexport", "SciMLBase", "SciMLLogging", "SciMLOperators", "Setfield", "StaticArraysCore"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "42b5cb44317e89ef75dd841c9c8eba9045bf9ff0"
+git-tree-sha1 = "97a6bf19ef32518268ba15f166fc030df43b619a"
 uuid = "7ed4a6bd-45f5-4d41-b270-4a48e9bafcae"
-version = "3.75.0"
+version = "3.79.0"
 
     [deps.LinearSolve.extensions]
     LinearSolveAMDGPUExt = "AMDGPU"
@@ -1440,12 +1442,12 @@ version = "3.75.0"
     LinearSolveKrylovKitExt = "KrylovKit"
     LinearSolveMetalExt = "Metal"
     LinearSolveMooncakeExt = "Mooncake"
-    LinearSolvePETScCSRExt = ["PETSc", "SparseArrays", "SparseMatricesCSR"]
-    LinearSolvePETScExt = ["PETSc", "SparseArrays"]
+    LinearSolvePETScExt = ["PETSc", "SparseArrays", "SparseMatricesCSR"]
     LinearSolvePETScMPIExt = ["PETSc", "PartitionedArrays", "SparseArrays", "SparseMatricesCSR"]
     LinearSolveParUExt = ["ParU_jll", "SparseArrays"]
     LinearSolvePardisoExt = ["Pardiso", "SparseArrays"]
     LinearSolveRecursiveFactorizationExt = "RecursiveFactorization"
+    LinearSolveSTRUMPACKExt = ["SparseArrays", "STRUMPACK_jll"]
     LinearSolveSparseArraysExt = "SparseArrays"
     LinearSolveSparspakExt = ["SparseArrays", "Sparspak"]
 
@@ -1477,6 +1479,7 @@ version = "3.75.0"
     Pardiso = "46dd5b70-b6fb-5a00-ae2d-e8fea33afaf2"
     PartitionedArrays = "5a9dfac6-5c52-46f7-8278-5e2210713be9"
     RecursiveFactorization = "f2c3362d-daeb-58d1-803e-2bc74f2840b4"
+    STRUMPACK_jll = "86fbd0b9-476f-557c-b766-62c724b42d8c"
     SparseArrays = "2f01184e-e22b-5df5-ae63-d93ebab69eaf"
     SparseMatricesCSR = "a0a7dd2c-ebf4-11e9-1f05-cf50bc540ca1"
     Sparspak = "e56a9233-b9d6-4f03-8d0f-1825330902ac"
@@ -1598,6 +1601,12 @@ git-tree-sha1 = "c009236e222df68e554c7ce5c720e4a33cc0c23f"
 uuid = "7269a6da-0436-5bbc-96c2-40638cbb6118"
 version = "0.5.3"
 
+[[deps.MicroMamba]]
+deps = ["Pkg", "Scratch", "micromamba_jll"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "535656ce55266bfed0575cd051acc4f36dc869a0"
+uuid = "0b3b1443-0f03-428d-bdfb-f27f9c1191ea"
+version = "0.1.15"
+
 [[deps.Missings]]
 deps = ["DataAPI"]
 git-tree-sha1 = "ec4f7fbeab05d7747bdf98eb74d130a2a2ed298d"
@@ -1817,10 +1826,10 @@ uuid = "e7412a2a-1a6e-54c0-be00-318e2571c051"
 version = "1.3.6+0"
 
 [[deps.OpenBLAS32_jll]]
-deps = ["Artifacts", "CompilerSupportLibraries_jll", "JLLWrappers", "Libdl"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "dd0d9979377e43918a80486a562ddedcc6d9bdf3"
+deps = ["Artifacts", "CompilerSupportLibraries_jll", "JLLWrappers", "Libdl", "libblastrampoline_jll"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "565175ce692c065e50ad32efbb61ba69b1586593"
 uuid = "656ef2d0-ae68-5445-9ca0-591084a874a2"
-version = "0.3.33+0"
+version = "0.3.33+1"
 
 [[deps.OpenBLASConsistentFPCSR_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "CompilerSupportLibraries_jll", "JLLWrappers", "Libdl"]
@@ -1966,11 +1975,17 @@ git-tree-sha1 = "5d5e0a78e971354b1c7bff0655d11fdc1b0e12c8"
 uuid = "69de0a69-1ddd-5017-9359-2bf0b02dc9f0"
 version = "2.8.4"
 
+[[deps.Pidfile]]
+deps = ["FileWatching", "Test"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "2d8aaf8ee10df53d0dfb9b8ee44ae7c04ced2b03"
+uuid = "fa939f87-e72e-5be4-a000-7fc836dbe307"
+version = "1.3.0"
+
 [[deps.Pixman_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "CompilerSupportLibraries_jll", "JLLWrappers", "LLVMOpenMP_jll", "Libdl"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "db76b1ecd5e9715f3d043cec13b2ec93ce015d53"
+git-tree-sha1 = "e4a6721aa89e62e5d4217c0b21bd714263779dda"
 uuid = "30392449-352a-5448-841d-b1acce4e97dc"
-version = "0.44.2+0"
+version = "0.46.4+0"
 
 [[deps.Pkg]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Dates", "Downloads", "FileWatching", "LibGit2", "Libdl", "Logging", "Markdown", "Printf", "Random", "SHA", "TOML", "Tar", "UUIDs", "p7zip_jll"]
@@ -2066,17 +2081,25 @@ git-tree-sha1 = "4fbbafbc6251b883f4d2705356f3641f3652a7fe"
 uuid = "43287f4e-b6f4-7ad1-bb20-aadabca52c3d"
 version = "1.4.0"
 
-[[deps.PyCall]]
-deps = ["Conda", "Dates", "Libdl", "LinearAlgebra", "MacroTools", "Serialization", "VersionParsing"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "9816a3826b0ebf49ab4926e2b18842ad8b5c8f04"
-uuid = "438e738f-606a-5dbb-bf0a-cddfbfd45ab0"
-version = "1.96.4"
+[[deps.PythonCall]]
+deps = ["CondaPkg", "Dates", "Libdl", "MacroTools", "Markdown", "Pkg", "Serialization", "Tables", "UnsafePointers"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "982f3f017f08d31202574ef6bdcf8b3466430bea"
+uuid = "6099a3de-0909-46bc-b1f4-468b9a2dfc0d"
+version = "0.9.31"
+
+    [deps.PythonCall.extensions]
+    CategoricalArraysExt = "CategoricalArrays"
+    PyCallExt = "PyCall"
 
-[[deps.PyPlot]]
-deps = ["Colors", "LaTeXStrings", "PyCall", "Sockets", "Test", "VersionParsing"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "d2c2b8627bbada1ba00af2951946fb8ce6012c05"
-uuid = "d330b81b-6aea-500a-939a-2ce795aea3ee"
-version = "2.11.6"
+    [deps.PythonCall.weakdeps]
+    CategoricalArrays = "324d7699-5711-5eae-9e2f-1d82baa6b597"
+    PyCall = "438e738f-606a-5dbb-bf0a-cddfbfd45ab0"
+
+[[deps.PythonPlot]]
+deps = ["Colors", "CondaPkg", "LaTeXStrings", "PythonCall", "Sockets", "Test", "VersionParsing"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "409884283434a04092ddf1d9594c22bc097d5d9a"
+uuid = "274fc56d-3b97-40fa-a1cd-1b4a50311bf9"
+version = "1.0.6"
 
 [[deps.QOI]]
 deps = ["ColorTypes", "FileIO", "FixedPointNumbers"]
@@ -2259,6 +2282,11 @@ git-tree-sha1 = "330289636fb8107c5f32088d2741e9fd7a061a5c"
 uuid = "94e857df-77ce-4151-89e5-788b33177be4"
 version = "0.1.0"
 
+[[deps.SafeTestsets]]
+git-tree-sha1 = "81ec49d645af090901120a1542e67ecbbe044db3"
+uuid = "1bc83da4-3b8d-516f-aca4-4fe02f6d838f"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[deps.SciMLBase]]
 deps = ["ADTypes", "Accessors", "Adapt", "ArrayInterface", "CommonSolve", "ConstructionBase", "Distributed", "DocStringExtensions", "EnumX", "FunctionWrappersWrappers", "IteratorInterfaceExtensions", "LinearAlgebra", "Logging", "Markdown", "Moshi", "PreallocationTools", "PrecompileTools", "Preferences", "Printf", "RecipesBase", "RecursiveArrayTools", "Reexport", "RuntimeGeneratedFunctions", "SciMLLogging", "SciMLOperators", "SciMLPublic", "SciMLStructures", "StaticArraysCore", "Statistics", "SymbolicIndexingInterface"]
 git-tree-sha1 = "a017ed325ac5e11438c888864fe83b124bb171b7"
@@ -2312,9 +2340,9 @@ version = "0.1.13"
 
 [[deps.SciMLLogging]]
 deps = ["Logging", "LoggingExtras", "Preferences"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "0161be062570af4042cf6f69e3d5d0b0555b6927"
+git-tree-sha1 = "4e1e21f14a284f892eb62923a356c70a2a0c68e1"
 uuid = "a6db7da4-7206-11f0-1eab-35f2a5dbe1d1"
-version = "1.9.1"
+version = "1.10.1"
 
     [deps.SciMLLogging.extensions]
     SciMLLoggingTracyExt = "Tracy"
@@ -2323,16 +2351,21 @@ version = "1.9.1"
     Tracy = "e689c965-62c8-4b79-b2c5-8359227902fd"
 
 [[deps.SciMLOperators]]
-deps = ["Accessors", "ArrayInterface", "DocStringExtensions", "LinearAlgebra"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "0e34162268883db01c04f988895a80d0659071bb"
+deps = ["Accessors", "Adapt", "ArrayInterface", "DocStringExtensions", "LinearAlgebra", "SafeTestsets"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "50e6ec6879eab12b039924d5a10b91c95bf9bf7f"
 uuid = "c0aeaf25-5076-4817-a8d5-81caf7dfa961"
-version = "1.17.0"
-weakdeps = ["SparseArrays", "StaticArraysCore"]
+version = "1.21.0"
 
     [deps.SciMLOperators.extensions]
+    SciMLOperatorsLoopVectorizationExt = "LoopVectorization"
     SciMLOperatorsSparseArraysExt = "SparseArrays"
     SciMLOperatorsStaticArraysCoreExt = "StaticArraysCore"
 
+    [deps.SciMLOperators.weakdeps]
+    LoopVectorization = "bdcacae8-1622-11e9-2a5c-532679323890"
+    SparseArrays = "2f01184e-e22b-5df5-ae63-d93ebab69eaf"
+    StaticArraysCore = "1e83bf80-4336-4d27-bf5d-d5a4f845583c"
+
 [[deps.SciMLPublic]]
 git-tree-sha1 = "0ba076dbdce87ba230fff48ca9bca62e1f345c9b"
 uuid = "431bcebd-1456-4ced-9d72-93c2757fff0b"
@@ -2647,9 +2680,9 @@ version = "0.2.8"
 
 [[deps.SymbolicIndexingInterface]]
 deps = ["Accessors", "ArrayInterface", "RuntimeGeneratedFunctions", "StaticArraysCore"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "94c58884e013efff548002e8dc2fdd1cb74dfce5"
+git-tree-sha1 = "173ecfe5f7c5a36043b5f2b8cecaa30a4fc958ef"
 uuid = "2efcf032-c050-4f8e-a9bb-153293bab1f5"
-version = "0.3.46"
+version = "0.3.47"
 
     [deps.SymbolicIndexingInterface.extensions]
     SymbolicIndexingInterfacePrettyTablesExt = "PrettyTables"
@@ -2801,6 +2834,11 @@ version = "1.28.0"
     NaNMath = "77ba4419-2d1f-58cd-9bb1-8ffee604a2e3"
     Printf = "de0858da-6303-5e67-8744-51eddeeeb8d7"
 
+[[deps.UnsafePointers]]
+git-tree-sha1 = "c81331b3b2e60a982be57c046ec91f599ede674a"
+uuid = "e17b2a0c-0bdf-430a-bd0c-3a23cae4ff39"
+version = "1.0.0"
+
 [[deps.VersionParsing]]
 git-tree-sha1 = "58d6e80b4ee071f5efd07fda82cb9fbe17200868"
 uuid = "81def892-9a0e-5fdd-b105-ffc91e053289"
@@ -3004,9 +3042,9 @@ version = "2.38.0+0"
 
 [[deps.at_spi2_core_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Dbus_jll", "Glib_jll", "JLLWrappers", "Libdl", "Xorg_libXtst_jll"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "df050402e2db17f534c97032be5a907bfc8fbf7d"
+git-tree-sha1 = "75a09aa217cbd6e81a8c337462a335ab78556bd7"
 uuid = "0fc3237b-ac94-5853-b45c-d43d59a06200"
-version = "2.58.2+0"
+version = "2.60.3+0"
 
 [[deps.gdk_pixbuf_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Glib_jll", "JLLWrappers", "JpegTurbo_jll", "Libdl", "Libtiff_jll", "Xorg_libX11_jll", "libpng_jll"]
@@ -3091,6 +3129,12 @@ git-tree-sha1 = "4e4282c4d846e11dce56d74fa8040130b7a95cb3"
 uuid = "c5f90fcd-3b7e-5836-afba-fc50a0988cb2"
 version = "1.6.0+0"
 
+[[deps.micromamba_jll]]
+deps = ["Artifacts", "JLLWrappers", "LazyArtifacts", "Libdl"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "717df6f6892af4ee13279a73aa58474e58a88667"
+uuid = "f8abcde7-e9b7-5caa-b8af-a437887ae8e4"
+version = "2.3.1+0"
+
 [[deps.nghttp2_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Libdl"]
 uuid = "8e850ede-7688-5339-a07c-302acd2aaf8d"
@@ -3098,15 +3142,21 @@ version = "1.59.0+0"
 
 [[deps.oneTBB_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "JLLWrappers", "LazyArtifacts", "Libdl"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "1350188a69a6e46f799d3945beef36435ed7262f"
+git-tree-sha1 = "da8c1f6eee04831f14edcfa5dae611d309807e57"
 uuid = "1317d2d5-d96f-522e-a858-c73665f53c3e"
-version = "2022.0.0+1"
+version = "2022.3.0+0"
 
 [[deps.p7zip_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Libdl"]
 uuid = "3f19e933-33d8-53b3-aaab-bd5110c3b7a0"
 version = "17.4.0+2"
 
+[[deps.pixi_jll]]
+deps = ["Artifacts", "JLLWrappers", "LazyArtifacts", "Libdl"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "f349584316617063160a947a82638f7611a8ef0f"
+uuid = "4d7b5844-a134-5dcd-ac86-c8f19cd51bed"
+version = "0.41.3+0"
+
 [[deps.x264_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "JLLWrappers", "Libdl"]
 git-tree-sha1 = "14cc7083fc6dff3cc44f2bc435ee96d06ed79aa7"
diff --git a/Manifest-v1.12.toml.default b/Manifest-v1.12.toml.default
index c20cfdd2..16cc7c19 100644
--- a/Manifest-v1.12.toml.default
+++ b/Manifest-v1.12.toml.default
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 julia_version = "1.12.6"
 manifest_format = "2.0"
-project_hash = "94a559add8da4311426f23e9eace949dcb3f048f"
+project_hash = "d97aab4c40f01d791d9411e0e4163be4a3874dec"
 
 [[deps.ADTypes]]
 git-tree-sha1 = "bbc22a9a08a0ef6460041086d8a7b27940ed4ffd"
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ version = "1.1.2"
 
 [[deps.ArrayInterface]]
 deps = ["Adapt", "LinearAlgebra"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "54f895554d05c83e3dd59f6a396671dae8999573"
+git-tree-sha1 = "3d0cabd25fab32390e3bcb82cd67e700aebd9816"
 uuid = "4fba245c-0d91-5ea0-9b3e-6abc04ee57a9"
-version = "7.24.0"
+version = "7.25.0"
 
     [deps.ArrayInterface.extensions]
     ArrayInterfaceAMDGPUExt = "AMDGPU"
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ uuid = "18cc8868-cbac-4acf-b575-c8ff214dc66f"
 version = "1.3.2"
 
 [[deps.BenchmarkTools]]
-deps = ["Compat", "JSON", "Logging", "Printf", "Profile", "Statistics", "UUIDs"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "7fecfb1123b8d0232218e2da0c213004ff15358d"
+deps = ["Compat", "JSON", "Logging", "PrecompileTools", "Printf", "Profile", "Statistics", "UUIDs"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "9670d3febc2b6da60a0ae57846ba74670290653f"
 uuid = "6e4b80f9-dd63-53aa-95a3-0cdb28fa8baf"
-version = "1.6.3"
+version = "1.8.0"
 
 [[deps.BitFlags]]
 git-tree-sha1 = "0691e34b3bb8be9307330f88d1a3c3f25466c24d"
@@ -409,11 +409,11 @@ git-tree-sha1 = "21d088c496ea22914fe80906eb5bce65755e5ec8"
 uuid = "f0e56b4a-5159-44fe-b623-3e5288b988bb"
 version = "2.5.1"
 
-[[deps.Conda]]
-deps = ["Downloads", "JSON", "VersionParsing"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "8f06b0cfa4c514c7b9546756dbae91fcfbc92dc9"
-uuid = "8f4d0f93-b110-5947-807f-2305c1781a2d"
-version = "1.10.3"
+[[deps.CondaPkg]]
+deps = ["JSON", "Markdown", "MicroMamba", "Pidfile", "Pkg", "Preferences", "Scratch", "TOML", "pixi_jll"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "0300af904a8c8d41ff715a60a6959136d22b8572"
+uuid = "992eb4ea-22a4-4c89-a5bb-47a3300528ab"
+version = "0.2.34"
 
 [[deps.ConstructionBase]]
 git-tree-sha1 = "b4b092499347b18a015186eae3042f72267106cb"
@@ -432,10 +432,10 @@ uuid = "d38c429a-6771-53c6-b99e-75d170b6e991"
 version = "0.6.3"
 
 [[deps.ControlPlots]]
-deps = ["JLD2", "LaTeXStrings", "Pkg", "Printf", "PyPlot", "StaticArraysCore"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "fb1cf8d1213c9f2908f8682f58f7ec252f6cc171"
+deps = ["JLD2", "LaTeXStrings", "Pkg", "Printf", "PythonPlot", "StaticArraysCore"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "6cbab46fef00616339eb4c3e10faeb11b408a9cc"
 uuid = "23c2ee80-7a9e-4350-b264-8e670f12517c"
-version = "0.2.15"
+version = "0.3.0"
 
     [deps.ControlPlots.extensions]
     ControlPlotsExt = "ControlSystemsBase"
@@ -568,9 +568,9 @@ version = "1.15.1"
 
 [[deps.DifferentiationInterface]]
 deps = ["ADTypes", "LinearAlgebra"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "d0250552e42bf7cc36479fd38a6e30004c9e8c2b"
+git-tree-sha1 = "2147a95a217cc8a78ec96ee03581adf129468e49"
 uuid = "a0c0ee7d-e4b9-4e03-894e-1c5f64a51d63"
-version = "0.7.17"
+version = "0.7.18"
 
     [deps.DifferentiationInterface.extensions]
     DifferentiationInterfaceChainRulesCoreExt = "ChainRulesCore"
@@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ version = "0.7.17"
     DifferentiationInterfaceForwardDiffExt = ["ForwardDiff", "DiffResults"]
     DifferentiationInterfaceGPUArraysCoreExt = ["GPUArraysCore", "Adapt"]
     DifferentiationInterfaceGTPSAExt = "GTPSA"
+    DifferentiationInterfaceHyperHessiansExt = "HyperHessians"
     DifferentiationInterfaceMooncakeExt = "Mooncake"
     DifferentiationInterfacePolyesterForwardDiffExt = ["PolyesterForwardDiff", "ForwardDiff", "DiffResults"]
     DifferentiationInterfaceReverseDiffExt = ["ReverseDiff", "DiffResults"]
@@ -606,6 +607,7 @@ version = "0.7.17"
     ForwardDiff = "f6369f11-7733-5829-9624-2563aa707210"
     GPUArraysCore = "46192b85-c4d5-4398-a991-12ede77f4527"
     GTPSA = "b27dd330-f138-47c5-815b-40db9dd9b6e8"
+    HyperHessians = "06b494a0-c8e0-40cc-ad32-d99506a00a6c"
     Mooncake = "da2b9cff-9c12-43a0-ae48-6db2b0edb7d6"
     PolyesterForwardDiff = "98d1487c-24ca-40b6-b7ab-df2af84e126b"
     ReverseDiff = "37e2e3b7-166d-5795-8a7a-e32c996b4267"
@@ -1021,9 +1023,9 @@ uuid = "7746bdde-850d-59dc-9ae8-88ece973131d"
 version = "2.86.3+0"
 
 [[deps.Glob]]
-git-tree-sha1 = "83cb0092e2792b9e3a865b6655e88f5b862607e2"
+git-tree-sha1 = "246c628cec062230b7d183aab88841fa94fcabe9"
 uuid = "c27321d9-0574-5035-807b-f59d2c89b15c"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.5.0"
 
 [[deps.Graphite2_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "JLLWrappers", "Libdl"]
@@ -1239,9 +1241,9 @@ weakdeps = ["UnPack"]
 
 [[deps.JLLWrappers]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Preferences"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "0533e564aae234aff59ab625543145446d8b6ec2"
+git-tree-sha1 = "7204148362dafe5fe6a273f855b8ccbe4df8173e"
 uuid = "692b3bcd-3c85-4b1f-b108-f13ce0eb3210"
-version = "1.7.1"
+version = "1.8.0"
 
 [[deps.JSON]]
 deps = ["Dates", "Logging", "Parsers", "PrecompileTools", "StructUtils", "UUIDs", "Unicode"]
@@ -1490,9 +1492,9 @@ version = "2.13.0"
 
 [[deps.LinearSolve]]
 deps = ["ArrayInterface", "ConcreteStructs", "DocStringExtensions", "EnumX", "GPUArraysCore", "InteractiveUtils", "Krylov", "Libdl", "LinearAlgebra", "MKL_jll", "Markdown", "OpenBLAS_jll", "PrecompileTools", "Preferences", "RecursiveArrayTools", "Reexport", "SciMLBase", "SciMLLogging", "SciMLOperators", "Setfield", "StaticArraysCore"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "42b5cb44317e89ef75dd841c9c8eba9045bf9ff0"
+git-tree-sha1 = "3ccb9eaa37e39f54a93d0ef1ad58491ab68dbf5b"
 uuid = "7ed4a6bd-45f5-4d41-b270-4a48e9bafcae"
-version = "3.75.0"
+version = "3.78.0"
 
     [deps.LinearSolve.extensions]
     LinearSolveAMDGPUExt = "AMDGPU"
@@ -1517,12 +1519,12 @@ version = "3.75.0"
     LinearSolveKrylovKitExt = "KrylovKit"
     LinearSolveMetalExt = "Metal"
     LinearSolveMooncakeExt = "Mooncake"
-    LinearSolvePETScCSRExt = ["PETSc", "SparseArrays", "SparseMatricesCSR"]
-    LinearSolvePETScExt = ["PETSc", "SparseArrays"]
+    LinearSolvePETScExt = ["PETSc", "SparseArrays", "SparseMatricesCSR"]
     LinearSolvePETScMPIExt = ["PETSc", "PartitionedArrays", "SparseArrays", "SparseMatricesCSR"]
     LinearSolveParUExt = ["ParU_jll", "SparseArrays"]
     LinearSolvePardisoExt = ["Pardiso", "SparseArrays"]
     LinearSolveRecursiveFactorizationExt = "RecursiveFactorization"
+    LinearSolveSTRUMPACKExt = ["SparseArrays", "STRUMPACK_jll"]
     LinearSolveSparseArraysExt = "SparseArrays"
     LinearSolveSparspakExt = ["SparseArrays", "Sparspak"]
 
@@ -1554,6 +1556,7 @@ version = "3.75.0"
     Pardiso = "46dd5b70-b6fb-5a00-ae2d-e8fea33afaf2"
     PartitionedArrays = "5a9dfac6-5c52-46f7-8278-5e2210713be9"
     RecursiveFactorization = "f2c3362d-daeb-58d1-803e-2bc74f2840b4"
+    STRUMPACK_jll = "86fbd0b9-476f-557c-b766-62c724b42d8c"
     SparseArrays = "2f01184e-e22b-5df5-ae63-d93ebab69eaf"
     SparseMatricesCSR = "a0a7dd2c-ebf4-11e9-1f05-cf50bc540ca1"
     Sparspak = "e56a9233-b9d6-4f03-8d0f-1825330902ac"
@@ -1699,6 +1702,12 @@ git-tree-sha1 = "c009236e222df68e554c7ce5c720e4a33cc0c23f"
 uuid = "7269a6da-0436-5bbc-96c2-40638cbb6118"
 version = "0.5.3"
 
+[[deps.MicroMamba]]
+deps = ["Pkg", "Scratch", "micromamba_jll"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "535656ce55266bfed0575cd051acc4f36dc869a0"
+uuid = "0b3b1443-0f03-428d-bdfb-f27f9c1191ea"
+version = "0.1.15"
+
 [[deps.Missings]]
 deps = ["DataAPI"]
 git-tree-sha1 = "ec4f7fbeab05d7747bdf98eb74d130a2a2ed298d"
@@ -1918,10 +1927,10 @@ uuid = "e7412a2a-1a6e-54c0-be00-318e2571c051"
 version = "1.3.6+0"
 
 [[deps.OpenBLAS32_jll]]
-deps = ["Artifacts", "CompilerSupportLibraries_jll", "JLLWrappers", "Libdl"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "dd0d9979377e43918a80486a562ddedcc6d9bdf3"
+deps = ["Artifacts", "CompilerSupportLibraries_jll", "JLLWrappers", "Libdl", "libblastrampoline_jll"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "565175ce692c065e50ad32efbb61ba69b1586593"
 uuid = "656ef2d0-ae68-5445-9ca0-591084a874a2"
-version = "0.3.33+0"
+version = "0.3.33+1"
 
 [[deps.OpenBLASConsistentFPCSR_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "CompilerSupportLibraries_jll", "JLLWrappers", "Libdl"]
@@ -2050,9 +2059,9 @@ version = "0.4.4"
 
 [[deps.PackageCompiler]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Glob", "LazyArtifacts", "Libdl", "Pkg", "Printf", "RelocatableFolders", "TOML", "UUIDs", "p7zip_jll"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "7b2dbae3d0eda41dad445b5f36f40588c208a942"
+git-tree-sha1 = "5193091a937c1e84cab042d55f8071dd2116c6f2"
 uuid = "9b87118b-4619-50d2-8e1e-99f35a4d4d9d"
-version = "2.2.5"
+version = "2.3.0"
 
 [[deps.Packing]]
 deps = ["GeometryBasics"]
@@ -2084,6 +2093,12 @@ git-tree-sha1 = "5d5e0a78e971354b1c7bff0655d11fdc1b0e12c8"
 uuid = "69de0a69-1ddd-5017-9359-2bf0b02dc9f0"
 version = "2.8.4"
 
+[[deps.Pidfile]]
+deps = ["FileWatching", "Test"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "2d8aaf8ee10df53d0dfb9b8ee44ae7c04ced2b03"
+uuid = "fa939f87-e72e-5be4-a000-7fc836dbe307"
+version = "1.3.0"
+
 [[deps.Pixman_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "CompilerSupportLibraries_jll", "JLLWrappers", "LLVMOpenMP_jll", "Libdl"]
 git-tree-sha1 = "e4a6721aa89e62e5d4217c0b21bd714263779dda"
@@ -2152,9 +2167,9 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 
 [[deps.PrecompileTools]]
 deps = ["Preferences"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "07a921781cab75691315adc645096ed5e370cb77"
+git-tree-sha1 = "edbeefc7a4889f528644251bdb5fc9ab5348bc2c"
 uuid = "aea7be01-6a6a-4083-8856-8a6e6704d82a"
-version = "1.3.3"
+version = "1.3.4"
 
 [[deps.Preferences]]
 deps = ["TOML"]
@@ -2189,17 +2204,25 @@ git-tree-sha1 = "4fbbafbc6251b883f4d2705356f3641f3652a7fe"
 uuid = "43287f4e-b6f4-7ad1-bb20-aadabca52c3d"
 version = "1.4.0"
 
-[[deps.PyCall]]
-deps = ["Conda", "Dates", "Libdl", "LinearAlgebra", "MacroTools", "Serialization", "VersionParsing"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "9816a3826b0ebf49ab4926e2b18842ad8b5c8f04"
-uuid = "438e738f-606a-5dbb-bf0a-cddfbfd45ab0"
-version = "1.96.4"
+[[deps.PythonCall]]
+deps = ["CondaPkg", "Dates", "Libdl", "MacroTools", "Markdown", "Pkg", "Serialization", "Tables", "UnsafePointers"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "982f3f017f08d31202574ef6bdcf8b3466430bea"
+uuid = "6099a3de-0909-46bc-b1f4-468b9a2dfc0d"
+version = "0.9.31"
 
-[[deps.PyPlot]]
-deps = ["Colors", "LaTeXStrings", "PyCall", "Sockets", "Test", "VersionParsing"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "d2c2b8627bbada1ba00af2951946fb8ce6012c05"
-uuid = "d330b81b-6aea-500a-939a-2ce795aea3ee"
-version = "2.11.6"
+    [deps.PythonCall.extensions]
+    CategoricalArraysExt = "CategoricalArrays"
+    PyCallExt = "PyCall"
+
+    [deps.PythonCall.weakdeps]
+    CategoricalArrays = "324d7699-5711-5eae-9e2f-1d82baa6b597"
+    PyCall = "438e738f-606a-5dbb-bf0a-cddfbfd45ab0"
+
+[[deps.PythonPlot]]
+deps = ["Colors", "CondaPkg", "LaTeXStrings", "PythonCall", "Sockets", "Test", "VersionParsing"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "409884283434a04092ddf1d9594c22bc097d5d9a"
+uuid = "274fc56d-3b97-40fa-a1cd-1b4a50311bf9"
+version = "1.0.6"
 
 [[deps.QOI]]
 deps = ["ColorTypes", "FileIO", "FixedPointNumbers"]
@@ -2388,6 +2411,11 @@ git-tree-sha1 = "330289636fb8107c5f32088d2741e9fd7a061a5c"
 uuid = "94e857df-77ce-4151-89e5-788b33177be4"
 version = "0.1.0"
 
+[[deps.SafeTestsets]]
+git-tree-sha1 = "81ec49d645af090901120a1542e67ecbbe044db3"
+uuid = "1bc83da4-3b8d-516f-aca4-4fe02f6d838f"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[deps.SciMLBase]]
 deps = ["ADTypes", "Accessors", "Adapt", "ArrayInterface", "CommonSolve", "ConstructionBase", "Distributed", "DocStringExtensions", "EnumX", "FunctionWrappersWrappers", "IteratorInterfaceExtensions", "LinearAlgebra", "Logging", "Markdown", "Moshi", "PreallocationTools", "PrecompileTools", "Preferences", "Printf", "RecipesBase", "RecursiveArrayTools", "Reexport", "RuntimeGeneratedFunctions", "SciMLLogging", "SciMLOperators", "SciMLPublic", "SciMLStructures", "StaticArraysCore", "Statistics", "SymbolicIndexingInterface"]
 git-tree-sha1 = "a017ed325ac5e11438c888864fe83b124bb171b7"
@@ -2441,9 +2469,9 @@ version = "0.1.13"
 
 [[deps.SciMLLogging]]
 deps = ["Logging", "LoggingExtras", "Preferences"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "0161be062570af4042cf6f69e3d5d0b0555b6927"
+git-tree-sha1 = "4e1e21f14a284f892eb62923a356c70a2a0c68e1"
 uuid = "a6db7da4-7206-11f0-1eab-35f2a5dbe1d1"
-version = "1.9.1"
+version = "1.10.1"
 
     [deps.SciMLLogging.extensions]
     SciMLLoggingTracyExt = "Tracy"
@@ -2452,16 +2480,21 @@ version = "1.9.1"
     Tracy = "e689c965-62c8-4b79-b2c5-8359227902fd"
 
 [[deps.SciMLOperators]]
-deps = ["Accessors", "ArrayInterface", "DocStringExtensions", "LinearAlgebra"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "4a3bd21622633a70fde04bc6d072f59e482ff66f"
+deps = ["Accessors", "Adapt", "ArrayInterface", "DocStringExtensions", "LinearAlgebra", "SafeTestsets"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "50e6ec6879eab12b039924d5a10b91c95bf9bf7f"
 uuid = "c0aeaf25-5076-4817-a8d5-81caf7dfa961"
-version = "1.18.0"
-weakdeps = ["SparseArrays", "StaticArraysCore"]
+version = "1.21.0"
 
     [deps.SciMLOperators.extensions]
+    SciMLOperatorsLoopVectorizationExt = "LoopVectorization"
     SciMLOperatorsSparseArraysExt = "SparseArrays"
     SciMLOperatorsStaticArraysCoreExt = "StaticArraysCore"
 
+    [deps.SciMLOperators.weakdeps]
+    LoopVectorization = "bdcacae8-1622-11e9-2a5c-532679323890"
+    SparseArrays = "2f01184e-e22b-5df5-ae63-d93ebab69eaf"
+    StaticArraysCore = "1e83bf80-4336-4d27-bf5d-d5a4f845583c"
+
 [[deps.SciMLPublic]]
 git-tree-sha1 = "0ba076dbdce87ba230fff48ca9bca62e1f345c9b"
 uuid = "431bcebd-1456-4ced-9d72-93c2757fff0b"
@@ -2940,6 +2973,11 @@ version = "1.28.0"
     NaNMath = "77ba4419-2d1f-58cd-9bb1-8ffee604a2e3"
     Printf = "de0858da-6303-5e67-8744-51eddeeeb8d7"
 
+[[deps.UnsafePointers]]
+git-tree-sha1 = "c81331b3b2e60a982be57c046ec91f599ede674a"
+uuid = "e17b2a0c-0bdf-430a-bd0c-3a23cae4ff39"
+version = "1.0.0"
+
 [[deps.VersionParsing]]
 git-tree-sha1 = "58d6e80b4ee071f5efd07fda82cb9fbe17200868"
 uuid = "81def892-9a0e-5fdd-b105-ffc91e053289"
@@ -3230,6 +3268,12 @@ git-tree-sha1 = "4e4282c4d846e11dce56d74fa8040130b7a95cb3"
 uuid = "c5f90fcd-3b7e-5836-afba-fc50a0988cb2"
 version = "1.6.0+0"
 
+[[deps.micromamba_jll]]
+deps = ["Artifacts", "JLLWrappers", "LazyArtifacts", "Libdl"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "717df6f6892af4ee13279a73aa58474e58a88667"
+uuid = "f8abcde7-e9b7-5caa-b8af-a437887ae8e4"
+version = "2.3.1+0"
+
 [[deps.nghttp2_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Libdl"]
 uuid = "8e850ede-7688-5339-a07c-302acd2aaf8d"
@@ -3237,15 +3281,21 @@ version = "1.64.0+1"
 
 [[deps.oneTBB_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "JLLWrappers", "LazyArtifacts", "Libdl"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "1350188a69a6e46f799d3945beef36435ed7262f"
+git-tree-sha1 = "da8c1f6eee04831f14edcfa5dae611d309807e57"
 uuid = "1317d2d5-d96f-522e-a858-c73665f53c3e"
-version = "2022.0.0+1"
+version = "2022.3.0+0"
 
 [[deps.p7zip_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "CompilerSupportLibraries_jll", "Libdl"]
 uuid = "3f19e933-33d8-53b3-aaab-bd5110c3b7a0"
 version = "17.7.0+0"
 
+[[deps.pixi_jll]]
+deps = ["Artifacts", "JLLWrappers", "LazyArtifacts", "Libdl"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "f349584316617063160a947a82638f7611a8ef0f"
+uuid = "4d7b5844-a134-5dcd-ac86-c8f19cd51bed"
+version = "0.41.3+0"
+
 [[deps.x264_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "JLLWrappers", "Libdl"]
 git-tree-sha1 = "14cc7083fc6dff3cc44f2bc435ee96d06ed79aa7"
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index e1864aef..69c1ab66 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "KiteControllers"
 uuid = "b19fd437-5b3a-4cca-b199-c3ded0f20ded"
-version = "0.2.27"
+version = "0.2.28"
 authors = ["Uwe Fechner <fechner@aenarete.eu> and contributors"]
 
 [workspace]
diff --git a/bin/create_sys_image b/bin/create_sys_image
index 5e2c556a..d985a688 100755
--- a/bin/create_sys_image
+++ b/bin/create_sys_image
@@ -75,39 +75,6 @@ else
     juliaup default 1.11
 fi
 
-PYTHON_PATH=$(which python3)
-if [ -x "$PYTHON_PATH" ]; then
-    echo "Python is found at $PYTHON_PATH"
-    if $PYTHON_PATH -c "import matplotlib" &> /dev/null; then
-        echo "Matplotlib found. Using existing installation."
-        export PYTHON=$PYTHON_PATH
-    else
-        echo "Matplotlib is not found."
-                if [[ $_yes_to_all == true ]]; then
-                        echo "Installing matplotlib with Conda..."
-                        export PYTHON=""
-                else
-                        read -p "Do you want to install matplotlib with Conda? (y/n): " choice
-                        case "$choice" in 
-                            y|Y ) 
-                                export PYTHON=""
-                                ;;
-                            n|N ) 
-                                echo "Exiting without installing matplotlib."
-                                exit 1
-                                ;;
-                            * ) 
-                                echo "Invalid choice. Exiting."
-                                exit 1
-                                ;;
-                        esac
-                fi
-    fi
-else
-    echo "Python is not found."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 # create a logfile for the sysimage creation process
 ./bin/batch_pilot hydra20_600
 
@@ -137,8 +104,6 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
-
-
 $JULIA_CMD --startup-file=no --project -e "using Pkg; Pkg.instantiate();"
 $JULIA_CMD --startup-file=no --project=test --heap-size-hint=8000M -e "include(\"./test/create_sys_image.jl\")"
 
diff --git a/bin/install b/bin/install
index c02155f2..84836f4f 100755
--- a/bin/install
+++ b/bin/install
@@ -2,6 +2,43 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Uwe Fechner
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
+_yes_to_all=false
+update=false
+
+print_usage() {
+    echo "Usage:"
+    echo "./install"
+    echo "./install --update"
+    echo "./install -y"
+    echo "./install --yes"
+    echo "./install --update -y"
+    echo "./install -h"
+    echo "./install --help"
+}
+
+# Parse command line arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case $1 in
+        -h|--help)
+            print_usage
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        --update)
+            update=true
+            shift
+            ;;
+        -y|--yes)
+            _yes_to_all=true
+            shift
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Invalid parameter! Use:"
+            print_usage
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
 if [[ $(basename $(pwd)) == "bin" ]]; then
     cd ..
 fi
@@ -40,38 +77,45 @@ if (( _available_kb < _required_kb )); then
 fi
 unset _required_kb _available_kb _available_gb
 
-# Ask which Julia version to use
-# Default to 1.12 if it is already installed and is the current default, otherwise 1.11
-if juliaup status 2>/dev/null | grep '^\s*\*' | grep -q '1\.12'; then
-    _default_choice=2
-    _default_julia="1.12"
+# Determine which Julia version to use
+if [[ $_yes_to_all == true ]]; then
+    # Non-interactive mode: use the currently active Julia version
+    _desired_julia=$(julia --startup-file=no -e 'print("$(VERSION.major).$(VERSION.minor)")')
+    echo "Using currently active Julia ${_desired_julia}..."
 else
-    _default_choice=1
-    _default_julia="1.11"
+    # Interactive mode: ask which Julia version to use
+    # Default to 1.12 if it is already installed and is the current default, otherwise 1.11
+    if juliaup status 2>/dev/null | grep '^\s*\*' | grep -q '1\.12'; then
+        _default_choice=2
+        _default_julia="1.12"
+    else
+        _default_choice=1
+        _default_julia="1.11"
+    fi
+    echo "Which Julia version do you want to use?"
+    echo "  1) Julia 1.11"
+    echo "  2) Julia 1.12"
+    read -rp "Enter 1 or 2 [default: ${_default_choice}]: " _julia_choice
+    case "${_julia_choice}" in
+        1)
+            _desired_julia="1.11"
+            ;;
+        2)
+            _desired_julia="1.12"
+            ;;
+        "")
+            _desired_julia="${_default_julia}"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Invalid choice: '${_julia_choice}'. Please enter 1 or 2."
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+    echo "Installing and activating Julia ${_desired_julia}..."
+    juliaup add "${_desired_julia}"
+    juliaup default "${_desired_julia}"
+    echo "Julia ${_desired_julia} is now the default."
 fi
-echo "Which Julia version do you want to use?"
-echo "  1) Julia 1.11"
-echo "  2) Julia 1.12"
-read -rp "Enter 1 or 2 [default: ${_default_choice}]: " _julia_choice
-case "${_julia_choice}" in
-    1)
-        _desired_julia="1.11"
-        ;;
-    2)
-        _desired_julia="1.12"
-        ;;
-    "")
-        _desired_julia="${_default_julia}"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo "Invalid choice: '${_julia_choice}'. Please enter 1 or 2."
-        exit 1
-        ;;
-esac
-echo "Installing and activating Julia ${_desired_julia}..."
-juliaup add "${_desired_julia}"
-juliaup default "${_desired_julia}"
-echo "Julia ${_desired_julia} is now the default."
 echo
 
 echo "Checking whether Revise is installed in the global Julia environment..."
@@ -104,7 +148,7 @@ export JULIA_PKG_SERVER_REGISTRY_PREFERENCE=eager
 . ./bin/setup_env
 
 if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
-    # Avoid Tk backend issues on macOS (e.g. non-responsive close button in PyPlot windows).
+    # Avoid Tk backend issues on macOS (e.g. non-responsive close button in ControlPlots windows).
     # Keep user override if MPLBACKEND is already set.
     if [[ -z "${MPLBACKEND:-}" ]]; then
         export MPLBACKEND=qtagg
@@ -134,24 +178,30 @@ if [[ $julia_major != "1.11" ]] && [[ $julia_major != "1.12" ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Copy the appropriate default manifest
-if [[ $julia_major == "1.11" ]]; then
-    if [ -f "Manifest-v1.11.toml.default" ]; then
-        cp Manifest-v1.11.toml.default Manifest-v1.11.toml
-        echo "Copied Manifest-v1.11.toml.default to Manifest-v1.11.toml"
+# Copy the appropriate default manifest (skip in --update mode: start clean)
+if [[ $update == false ]]; then
+    if [[ $julia_major == "1.11" ]]; then
+        if [ -f "Manifest-v1.11.toml.default" ]; then
+            cp Manifest-v1.11.toml.default Manifest-v1.11.toml
+            echo "Copied Manifest-v1.11.toml.default to Manifest-v1.11.toml"
+        else
+            echo "Warning: Manifest-v1.11.toml.default not found"
+            exit 1
+        fi
     else
-        echo "Warning: Manifest-v1.11.toml.default not found"
-        exit 1
+        # Default to 1.12 for newer versions
+        if [ -f "Manifest-v1.12.toml.default" ]; then
+            cp Manifest-v1.12.toml.default Manifest-v1.12.toml
+            echo "Copied Manifest-v1.12.toml.default to Manifest-v1.12.toml"
+        else
+            echo "Warning: Manifest-v1.12.toml.default not found"
+            exit 1
+        fi
     fi
 else
-    # Default to 1.12 for newer versions
-    if [ -f "Manifest-v1.12.toml.default" ]; then
-        cp Manifest-v1.12.toml.default Manifest-v1.12.toml
-        echo "Copied Manifest-v1.12.toml.default to Manifest-v1.12.toml"
-    else
-        echo "Warning: Manifest-v1.12.toml.default not found"
-        exit 1
-    fi
+    # Update mode: start from a clean state without a manifest and let Pkg.update() generate it.
+    rm -f Manifest.toml "Manifest-v${julia_major}.toml"
+    echo "--update selected: removed existing manifests for Julia ${julia_major}"
 fi
 
 # Remove any existing Manifest.toml symlink (left by a previous install run) so Julia
@@ -264,8 +314,60 @@ normalize_manifest_name() {
 # Instantiate the project
 FAILED_RESOLVES=()
 RETRIED_RESOLVES=()
-echo "Instantiating project..."
-_ec=0; run_resolve_with_retry "" 1 || _ec=$?
+if [[ $update == true ]]; then
+    echo "Updating main project..."
+else
+    echo "Instantiating project..."
+fi
+_ec=0; KITECONTROLLERS_INSTALL_UPDATE="$update" julia --project -e '
+using Pkg
+
+const UPDATE_MODE = get(ENV, "KITECONTROLLERS_INSTALL_UPDATE", "false") == "true"
+
+function ensure_general_registry()
+    regs = try
+        Pkg.Registry.reachable_registries()
+    catch
+        Pkg.Registry.update()
+        Pkg.Registry.reachable_registries()
+    end
+    if !any(r -> r.name == "General", regs)
+        Pkg.Registry.add("General")
+    else
+        Pkg.Registry.update()
+    end
+end
+
+function clean_active_manifest!(proj_dir)
+    active_manifest = "Manifest-v$(VERSION.major).$(VERSION.minor).toml"
+    for f in readdir(proj_dir)
+        if f == "Manifest.toml" || f == active_manifest
+            rm(joinpath(proj_dir, f), force=true)
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+try
+    ensure_general_registry()
+    if UPDATE_MODE
+        Pkg.update()
+    else
+        Pkg.resolve()
+    end
+    Pkg.instantiate()
+catch e
+    @warn "Main project package operation failed, attempting clean retry..." exception=e
+    clean_active_manifest!(dirname(Base.active_project()))
+    ensure_general_registry()
+    if UPDATE_MODE
+        Pkg.update()
+    else
+        Pkg.resolve()
+    end
+    Pkg.instantiate()
+    exit(2)
+end
+' || _ec=$?
 if [[ $_ec -eq 2 ]]; then RETRIED_RESOLVES+=("main project")
 elif [[ $_ec -ne 0 ]]; then FAILED_RESOLVES+=("main project"); fi
 # If Pkg.resolve() created a plain Manifest.toml (Julia 1.12 behavior), rename it
@@ -297,7 +399,11 @@ if [[ $julia_major == "1.11" ]]; then
         else
             echo "ControlPlots is not working. Running install_controlplots..."
             if [[ -x "bin/install_controlplots" ]]; then
-                bash bin/install_controlplots
+                if [[ $_yes_to_all == true ]]; then
+                    bash bin/install_controlplots --yes
+                else
+                    bash bin/install_controlplots
+                fi
             else
                 echo "Warning: bin/install_controlplots not found. Please run it manually."
             fi
@@ -306,8 +412,9 @@ if [[ $julia_major == "1.11" ]]; then
     _ec=0; run_resolve_with_retry "test" 0 || _ec=$?
     if [[ $_ec -eq 2 ]]; then RETRIED_RESOLVES+=("test (1.11)")
     elif [[ $_ec -ne 0 ]]; then FAILED_RESOLVES+=("test (1.11)"); fi
-    echo "Precompiling test project..."
+    echo "Precompiling test project and running the tests..."
     julia --project=test -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.precompile()'
+    julia --project -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.test()'
     _ec=0; run_resolve_with_retry "docs" 0 || _ec=$?
     if [[ $_ec -eq 2 ]]; then RETRIED_RESOLVES+=("docs (1.11)")
     elif [[ $_ec -ne 0 ]]; then FAILED_RESOLVES+=("docs (1.11)"); fi
@@ -343,7 +450,11 @@ else
         else
             echo "ControlPlots is not working. Running install_controlplots..."
             if [[ -x "bin/install_controlplots" ]]; then
-                bash bin/install_controlplots
+                if [[ $_yes_to_all == true ]]; then
+                    bash bin/install_controlplots --yes
+                else
+                    bash bin/install_controlplots
+                fi
             else
                 echo "Warning: bin/install_controlplots not found. Please run it manually."
             fi
@@ -369,31 +480,52 @@ fi
 julia --project=examples -e 'using KiteControllers, KiteViewers, ControlPlots, NOMAD'
 
 if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
-    echo
-    echo "Installing QtAgg dependencies for PyPlot on macOS..."
-    julia -e '
+    if julia --project=examples -e '
+try
+    using PythonCall
+    pyimport("matplotlib")
+    pyimport("matplotlib.backends.backend_qtagg")
+catch
+    exit(1)
+end
+'; then
+        echo
+        echo "QtAgg already installed; skipping QtAgg dependency installation."
+    else
+        _install_matplotlib_condapkg_macos() {
+            julia --project=examples -e '
 using Pkg
-
-for pkg in ["PyCall", "PyPlot", "Conda"]
+for pkg in ["PythonCall", "CondaPkg"]
     if Base.find_package(pkg) === nothing
         Pkg.add(pkg)
     end
 end
-
-if get(ENV, "PYTHON", nothing) != ""
-    ENV["PYTHON"] = ""
-    Pkg.build("PyCall")
-end
-
-using Conda
-Conda.add("matplotlib")
-Conda.add("pyqt")
-
-Pkg.build("PyPlot")
-
-println("Installed matplotlib + pyqt in Conda.jl environment.")
-println("QtAgg should now be available for matplotlib/PyPlot.jl.")
+using CondaPkg
+CondaPkg.add("matplotlib")
+CondaPkg.add("pyqt")
+CondaPkg.resolve()
+println("Installed matplotlib + pyqt in CondaPkg environment.")
+println("QtAgg should now be available for matplotlib/PythonCall.")
 '
+        }
+        if [[ $_yes_to_all == true ]]; then
+            echo
+            echo "Installing QtAgg dependencies for ControlPlots on macOS..."
+            _install_matplotlib_condapkg_macos
+        else
+            echo
+            echo "Installing QtAgg dependencies for ControlPlots on macOS..."
+            read -rp "Do you want to install matplotlib and pyqt? (y/n) [default: y]: " _install_choice
+            case "${_install_choice}" in
+                n|N)
+                    echo "Skipping QtAgg dependency installation."
+                    ;;
+                *)
+                    _install_matplotlib_condapkg_macos
+                    ;;
+            esac
+        fi
+    fi
 fi
 
 echo
diff --git a/bin/install_controlplots b/bin/install_controlplots
index 0702992d..d70ae1e5 100755
--- a/bin/install_controlplots
+++ b/bin/install_controlplots
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Uwe Fechner
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 #
-# Install and configure matplotlib for ControlPlots.jl (via PyCall/PyPlot).
+# Install and configure matplotlib for ControlPlots.jl (via PythonCall).
 #
 # Two backends are supported:
 #   1) System Python  – uses the matplotlib package installed by Ubuntu/Debian (apt).
 #                       Fastest option; shares the system Python install.
-#   2) Conda          – installs matplotlib into Julia's own Conda environment.
+#   2) CondaPkg       – installs matplotlib into a pixi-managed Conda environment.
 #                       Self-contained; does not require root / sudo.
 #
 # Both options configure the Qt (qtagg) backend for interactive plot windows.
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ print_usage() {
     echo ""
     echo "Options:"
     echo "  --system   Use the system Python and matplotlib (Ubuntu/Debian apt)"
-    echo "  --conda    Use Julia's Conda environment to install matplotlib"
+    echo "  --conda    Use CondaPkg (pixi) to install matplotlib"
     echo "  -y, --yes  Non-interactive; accept defaults"
     echo "  -h, --help Show this help message"
 }
@@ -71,17 +71,17 @@ if [[ -z "$_backend" ]]; then
     echo "     - Requires sudo"
     echo "     - Shares the system-wide Python installation"
     echo ""
-    echo "  2) Conda          (installs matplotlib into Julia's own Conda environment)"
+    echo "  2) CondaPkg       (installs matplotlib into a pixi-managed Conda environment)"
     echo "     - No sudo required"
     echo "     - Self-contained; downloads ~200 MB on first use"
     echo ""
     if [[ "$_yes" == true ]]; then
-        _choice="1"
-        echo "Using default: 1 (system Python)"
+        _choice="2"
+        echo "Using default: 2 (CondaPkg)"
     else
-        read -rp "Enter 1 or 2 [default: 1]: " _choice
+        read -rp "Enter 1 or 2 [default: 2]: " _choice
     fi
-    case "${_choice:-1}" in
+    case "${_choice:-2}" in
         1) _backend="system" ;;
         2) _backend="conda"  ;;
         *)
@@ -95,36 +95,21 @@ echo ""
 echo "Selected backend: $_backend"
 echo ""
 
-# ── Helper: rebuild PyCall and verify matplotlib ──────────────────────────────
+# ── Helper: install matplotlib via CondaPkg ───────────────────────────────────
 
-_rebuild_pycall_and_verify() {
-    # $1 = PYTHON value to pass (empty string → Conda, path → system)
-    local _pyval="$1"
-    echo "Rebuilding PyCall with PYTHON='${_pyval}'..."
-    env -u LD_PRELOAD -u LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
-        PYTHON="$_pyval" \
-        julia --project=examples -e '
+_install_matplotlib_condapkg() {
+    echo "Installing matplotlib and pyqt into CondaPkg (pixi) environment..."
+    julia --project=examples -e '
 using Pkg
-ENV["PYTHON"] = get(ENV, "PYTHON", "")
-Pkg.build("PyCall")
-println("PyCall rebuilt successfully.")
-'
-}
-
-_install_matplotlib_conda() {
-    echo "Installing matplotlib and pyqt into Julia's Conda environment..."
-    env -u LD_PRELOAD -u LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
-        PYTHON="" \
-        julia --project=examples -e '
-using Pkg
-# Ensure Conda is available
-if Base.find_package("Conda") === nothing
-    Pkg.add("Conda")
+# Ensure CondaPkg is available
+if Base.find_package("CondaPkg") === nothing
+    Pkg.add("CondaPkg")
 end
-using Conda
-Conda.add("matplotlib")
-Conda.add("pyqt")
-println("matplotlib and pyqt installed in Conda environment.")
+using CondaPkg
+CondaPkg.add("matplotlib")
+CondaPkg.add("pyqt")
+CondaPkg.resolve()
+println("matplotlib and pyqt installed in CondaPkg environment.")
 '
 }
 
@@ -221,35 +206,34 @@ if [[ "$_backend" == "system" ]]; then
     fi
     echo "Found system Python: $_syspython"
 
-    # Point PyCall at the system Python and rebuild.
-    env -u LD_PRELOAD -u LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
-        PYTHON="$_syspython" \
-        julia --project=examples -e '
-using Pkg
-ENV["PYTHON"] = ENV["PYTHON"]   # already set by the shell
-Pkg.build("PyCall")
-println("PyCall rebuilt to use system Python: " * ENV["PYTHON"])
-'
+    # Remove the CondaPkg-managed environment so that setup_env does not set
+    # JULIA_PYTHONCALL_EXE to the conda Python, which would override the system
+    # Python configured below.
+    if [[ -d "examples/.CondaPkg" ]]; then
+        echo "Removing examples/.CondaPkg (switching from CondaPkg to system Python)..."
+        rm -rf "examples/.CondaPkg"
+    fi
 
     echo ""
-    echo "Saving PYTHON=$_syspython to examples/LocalPreferences.toml..."
+    echo "Saving python_exe=$_syspython to examples/LocalPreferences.toml..."
     # Write (or update) LocalPreferences.toml in the examples directory so that
-    # Julia's PyCall always uses the system Python when running examples.
+    # PythonCall always uses the system Python when running examples.
     _prefs_file="examples/LocalPreferences.toml"
     if [[ -f "$_prefs_file" ]]; then
-        # Remove any existing [PyCall] section (naive sed approach).
+        # Remove any existing [PythonCall] and legacy [PyCall] sections.
         _tmp=$(mktemp)
         awk '
-            /^\[PyCall\]/ { in_pycall=1; next }
-            in_pycall && /^\[/ { in_pycall=0 }
-            !in_pycall { print }
+            /^\[PythonCall\]/ { in_pc=1; next }
+            /^\[PyCall\]/ { in_pc=1; next }
+            in_pc && /^\[/ { in_pc=0 }
+            !in_pc { print }
         ' "$_prefs_file" > "$_tmp"
         mv "$_tmp" "$_prefs_file"
     fi
     {
         echo ""
-        echo "[PyCall]"
-        echo "python = \"$_syspython\""
+        echo "[PythonCall]"
+        echo "exe = \"$_syspython\""
     } >> "$_prefs_file"
     echo "Written to $_prefs_file."
 
@@ -257,44 +241,35 @@ println("PyCall rebuilt to use system Python: " * ENV["PYTHON"])
     _verify_controlplots
 
     echo ""
-    echo "Done. ControlPlots will use the system Python matplotlib with the Qt (qtagg) backend."
+    echo "Done. ControlPlots will use the system Python (PythonCall) matplotlib with the Qt (qtagg) backend."
 
-# ── Conda backend ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# ── CondaPkg backend ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 elif [[ "$_backend" == "conda" ]]; then
-    # Remove any LocalPreferences.toml [PyCall] section so PyCall uses Conda.
+    # Remove any [PythonCall] exe setting and legacy [PyCall] section so that
+    # PythonCall falls back to the CondaPkg-managed Python.
     _prefs_file="examples/LocalPreferences.toml"
     if [[ -f "$_prefs_file" ]]; then
         _tmp=$(mktemp)
         awk '
-            /^\[PyCall\]/ { in_pycall=1; next }
-            in_pycall && /^\[/ { in_pycall=0 }
-            !in_pycall { print }
+            /^\[PythonCall\]/ { in_pc=1; next }
+            /^\[PyCall\]/ { in_pc=1; next }
+            in_pc && /^\[/ { in_pc=0 }
+            !in_pc { print }
         ' "$_prefs_file" > "$_tmp"
-        # If PyCall section existed, update; otherwise leave unchanged.
         if ! diff -q "$_prefs_file" "$_tmp" &>/dev/null; then
             mv "$_tmp" "$_prefs_file"
-            echo "Removed [PyCall] section from $_prefs_file (switching to Conda)."
+            echo "Removed [PythonCall]/[PyCall] section from $_prefs_file (switching to CondaPkg)."
         else
             rm -f "$_tmp"
         fi
     fi
 
-    # Rebuild PyCall with PYTHON="" to trigger Conda mode.
-    env -u LD_PRELOAD -u LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
-        PYTHON="" \
-        julia --project=examples -e '
-using Pkg
-ENV["PYTHON"] = ""
-Pkg.build("PyCall")
-println("PyCall rebuilt to use Conda-managed Python.")
-'
-
-    _install_matplotlib_conda
+    _install_matplotlib_condapkg
 
     _set_mplbackend_qtagg
     _verify_controlplots
 
     echo ""
-    echo "Done. ControlPlots will use the Conda-managed matplotlib with the Qt (qtagg) backend."
+    echo "Done. ControlPlots will use the CondaPkg-managed matplotlib with the Qt (qtagg) backend."
 fi
diff --git a/bin/run_julia b/bin/run_julia
index a83a3d28..fc7e9664 100755
--- a/bin/run_julia
+++ b/bin/run_julia
@@ -82,15 +82,15 @@ julia_init+='using KiteControllers; test_menu() = Base.include(Main, joinpath(pk
 if test -f "bin/kps-image-${julia_major}.so"; then
     echo "Found system image!"
     if [[ -n "$script_file" ]]; then
-        PLOT=1 julia -J bin/kps-image-${julia_major}.so -t 1 $GCT --project "$script_file" "$@"
+        PLOT=1 julia -J bin/kps-image-${julia_major}.so -t auto $GCT --project "$script_file" "$@"
     else
-        PLOT=1 julia -J bin/kps-image-${julia_major}.so -t 1 $GCT --project -i -e "$julia_init"
+        PLOT=1 julia -J bin/kps-image-${julia_major}.so -t auto $GCT --project -i -e "$julia_init"
     fi
 else
     if [[ -n "$script_file" ]]; then
-        PLOT=1 julia --project -t 1 $GCT "$script_file" "$@"
+        PLOT=1 julia --project -t auto $GCT "$script_file" "$@"
     else
-        PLOT=1 julia --project -t 1 $GCT -i -e "$julia_init"
+        PLOT=1 julia --project -t auto $GCT -i -e "$julia_init"
     fi
     # julia --project
 fi
diff --git a/bin/setup_env b/bin/setup_env
index 7dbf6e93..148a6400 100644
--- a/bin/setup_env
+++ b/bin/setup_env
@@ -10,6 +10,25 @@
 export LD_PRELOAD="${LD_PRELOAD:-}"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}"
 
+# Suppress verbose CondaPkg logs
+export JULIA_CONDAPKG_VERBOSITY="0"
+export JULIA_CONDAPKG_LOG="warn"
+
+# Point PythonCall to the single shared Python environment (examples/.CondaPkg).
+# This ensures a consistent Python is used regardless of which --project is active,
+# including when a sysimage compiled with ControlPlots is loaded.
+_setup_env_root="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+_pythoncall_exe="$_setup_env_root/examples/.CondaPkg/.pixi/envs/default/bin/python"
+if [[ -x "$_pythoncall_exe" ]]; then
+    export JULIA_PYTHONCALL_EXE="$_pythoncall_exe"
+fi
+unset _setup_env_root _pythoncall_exe
+
+# Avoid OpenMP duplicate-runtime conflict on Windows (libiomp5md.dll vs libomp.dll)
+case "$(uname -s)" in
+    MINGW*|MSYS*|CYGWIN*) export KMP_DUPLICATE_LIB_OK=TRUE ;;
+esac
+
 if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Linux" ]]; then
     export FONTCONFIG_FILE=/etc/fonts/fonts.conf
 
@@ -22,24 +41,40 @@ if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Linux" ]]; then
     #  (c) libglib preloads are placed FIRST so they win the SONAME race.
     #
     # Libraries handled:
-    #  - libcrypto.so.3:     override stale system OpenSSL via LD_PRELOAD
+    #  - libcrypto.so.3,
+    #    libssl.so.3:        add artifact dirs to LD_LIBRARY_PATH so OpenSSL_jll
+    #                        resolves a matched pair (do not force-preload libcrypto)
     #  - libiconv.so.2,
     #    libintl.so.8,
     #    libffi.so.6:        absent/wrong version on Ubuntu 22.04+; added to LD_LIBRARY_PATH
     #  - libfontconfig.so.1: override version missing FcConfigSetDefaultSubstitute via LD_PRELOAD
     #  - libglib-2.0.so.0:   override version missing g_string_copy via LD_PRELOAD (placed first)
+    #  - libexpat.so.1:      CondaPkg/pixi env copy used when it provides
+    #                        XML_SetAllocTrackerActivationThreshold (Python 3.13+/pyexpat)
     #
     # All Julia invocations are handled by forwarding every argument to `command julia`,
     # so both `julia +1.11 ...` and `$JULIA_CMD` with `JULIA_CMD="julia +1.11"` work.
     julia() {
         local _jpreloads=() _jlibdirs=()
         local _jdepots=()
+        local _jbase_preload="" _jp
         IFS=':' read -ra _jdepots <<< "${JULIA_DEPOT_PATH:-$HOME/.julia}"
 
+        # Drop externally preloaded OpenSSL libs to avoid mixing system/conda and JLL variants.
+        IFS=':' read -ra _jpre_parts <<< "${LD_PRELOAD:-}"
+        for _jp in "${_jpre_parts[@]}"; do
+            [[ -z "$_jp" ]] && continue
+            case "$_jp" in
+                *libcrypto.so.3*|*libssl.so.3*) continue ;;
+            esac
+            _jbase_preload+="${_jbase_preload:+:}$_jp"
+        done
+
         # Find the first artifact matching NAME (optionally requiring SYMBOL via nm -D).
         _jfind_artifact() {
             local name="$1" sym="${2:-}" _d _f
             for _d in "${_jdepots[@]}"; do
+                [[ -d "$_d/artifacts" ]] || continue
                 while IFS= read -r _f; do
                     if [[ -z "$sym" ]] || nm -D "$_f" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "$sym"; then
                         echo "$_f"; return 0
@@ -52,40 +87,18 @@ if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Linux" ]]; then
         # Add dirname of a path to _jlibdirs (deduped).
         _jadd_libdir() {
             local _d; _d=$(dirname "$1")
-            [[ ":${_jlibdirs[*]}:" != *":$_d:"* ]] && _jlibdirs+=("$_d")
+            if [[ ":${_jlibdirs[*]}:" != *":$_d:"* ]]; then
+                _jlibdirs+=("$_d")
+            fi
         }
 
         local _jf
 
-        # libcrypto: prefer Julia's own bundled libcrypto (guaranteed compatible with its
-        # own libssl). Julia 1.12+ ships libcrypto in lib/julia/; older versions don't,
-        # so fall back to the artifact for those.
-        # Use type -P to bypass the julia shell function and find the real binary in PATH.
-        # (command -v julia returns the function name when julia is a shell function.)
-        _julia_real=$(type -P julia 2>/dev/null || command -v julia)
-        [[ -L "$_julia_real" ]] && _julia_real=$(readlink -f "$_julia_real")
-        # juliaup installs a launcher shim (julialauncher) rather than a real julia
-        # binary, so dirname-relative paths are wrong.  Find the actual julia install
-        # directory by querying `juliaup status` for the active version.
-        if [[ "$(basename "$_julia_real")" == "julialauncher" ]] && command -v juliaup &>/dev/null; then
-            _jver=$(juliaup status 2>/dev/null | awk '$1 == "*" {print $3}' | head -1)
-            if [[ -n "$_jver" ]]; then
-                _jdepot=$(printf '%s' "${JULIA_DEPOT_PATH:-$HOME/.julia}" | cut -d: -f1)
-                _julia_real="$_jdepot/juliaup/julia-${_jver}/bin/julia"
-            fi
-        fi
-        _julia_bundled_crypto="$(dirname "$_julia_real")/../lib/julia/libcrypto.so.3"
-        if [[ -f "$_julia_bundled_crypto" ]]; then
-            _jpreloads+=("$(realpath "$_julia_bundled_crypto")")
-        else
-            # Prefer a libcrypto that provides OPENSSL_3.3.0 (needed by OpenSSL_jll >=3.3)
-            # so that preloading an older 3.0.x artifact does not conflict with a newer
-            # libssl.so that requires OPENSSL_3.3.0 symbols.  Fall back to any available
-            # libcrypto only when no 3.3.0-capable artifact is present.
-            _jf=$(_jfind_artifact libcrypto.so.3 OPENSSL_3.3.0) \
-                || _jf=$(_jfind_artifact libcrypto.so.3)
-            [[ -n "$_jf" ]] && _jpreloads+=("$_jf")
-        fi
+        # OpenSSL: add both libssl and libcrypto artifact dirs to LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
+        # Keep them out of LD_PRELOAD so OpenSSL_jll can load a matched pair naturally.
+        for _jlib in libcrypto.so.3 libssl.so.3; do
+            _jf=$(_jfind_artifact "$_jlib")         && _jadd_libdir "$_jf"
+        done
 
         # libiconv + libintl + libffi: add dirs to LD_LIBRARY_PATH
         # (libffi.so.6 is needed by Glib_jll on modern distros that only ship libffi.so.8)
@@ -98,26 +111,41 @@ if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Linux" ]]; then
             _jadd_libdir "$_jf"; _jpreloads+=("$_jf")
         }
 
+        # CondaPkg pixi env: add libexpat dir when it provides symbols newer than
+        # the system copy (e.g. XML_SetAllocTrackerActivationThreshold, needed by
+        # Python 3.13+ via pyexpat).
+        for _jcondapkg_lib in \
+            "$PWD/examples/.CondaPkg/.pixi/envs/default/lib" \
+            "$PWD/.CondaPkg/.pixi/envs/default/lib"; do
+            if [[ -f "$_jcondapkg_lib/libexpat.so.1" ]] && \
+               nm -D "$_jcondapkg_lib/libexpat.so.1" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "XML_SetAllocTrackerActivationThreshold"; then
+                _jadd_libdir "$_jcondapkg_lib/libexpat.so.1"
+                break
+            fi
+        done
+
         # libglib: needs g_string_copy; placed FIRST in LD_PRELOAD to win the SONAME race
         local _jglib _jglib_dir _jfinal_preload="" _jfinal_libpath=""
-        _jglib=$(_jfind_artifact libglib-2.0.so.0 g_string_copy)
+        _jglib=$(_jfind_artifact libglib-2.0.so.0 g_string_copy || true)
         if [[ -n "$_jglib" ]]; then
             _jglib_dir=$(dirname "$_jglib")
             # libintl co-located with libglib takes precedence (needed by libglib itself)
             [[ -f "$_jglib_dir/libintl.so.8" ]] && _jfinal_preload="$_jglib_dir/libintl.so.8:"
             _jfinal_preload+="$_jglib"
             [[ ${#_jpreloads[@]} -gt 0 ]] && _jfinal_preload+=":$(IFS=:; echo "${_jpreloads[*]}")"
-            [[ -n "${LD_PRELOAD:-}" ]] && _jfinal_preload+=":$LD_PRELOAD"
+            [[ -n "$_jbase_preload" ]] && _jfinal_preload+=":$_jbase_preload"
             # Add glib dir first in LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-            [[ ":${_jlibdirs[*]}:" != *":$_jglib_dir:"* ]] && _jlibdirs=("$_jglib_dir" "${_jlibdirs[@]}")
+            if [[ ":${_jlibdirs[*]}:" != *":$_jglib_dir:"* ]]; then
+                _jlibdirs=("$_jglib_dir" "${_jlibdirs[@]}")
+            fi
         elif [[ ${#_jpreloads[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
-            _jfinal_preload="$(IFS=:; echo "${_jpreloads[*]}")${LD_PRELOAD:+:$LD_PRELOAD}"
+            _jfinal_preload="$(IFS=:; echo "${_jpreloads[*]}")${_jbase_preload:+:$_jbase_preload}"
         fi
 
         [[ ${#_jlibdirs[@]} -gt 0 ]] && \
             _jfinal_libpath="$(IFS=:; echo "${_jlibdirs[*]}")${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 
-        LD_PRELOAD="${_jfinal_preload:-${LD_PRELOAD:-}}" \
+        LD_PRELOAD="${_jfinal_preload:-${_jbase_preload:-}}" \
         LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${_jfinal_libpath:-${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}}" \
         command julia "$@"
     }
diff --git a/bin/update_default_manifest b/bin/update_default_manifest
index d5381cd8..ad2914f7 100755
--- a/bin/update_default_manifest
+++ b/bin/update_default_manifest
@@ -1,87 +1,71 @@
 #!/bin/bash -eu
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Uwe Fechner
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-if [[ $(basename "$(pwd)") == "bin" ]]; then
+if [[ $(basename $(pwd)) == "bin" ]]; then
     cd ..
 fi
 
-julia_major=$(julia --startup-file=no -e 'print("$(VERSION.major).$(VERSION.minor)")')
-manifest_name="Manifest-v${julia_major}.toml"
-default_manifest="${manifest_name}.default"
-projects=("." "examples" "test")
-manifest_projects=("." "examples" "test")
-
-if [[ $julia_major == "1.12" ]]; then
-    manifest_projects=(".")
+# Ask which Julia version to use
+# Default to 1.12 if it is already installed and is the current default, otherwise 1.11
+if juliaup status 2>/dev/null | grep '^\s*\*' | grep -q '1\.12'; then
+    _default_choice=2
+    _default_julia="1.12"
+else
+    _default_choice=1
+    _default_julia="1.11"
 fi
 
-delete_manifests() {
-    local project_dir=$1
-    rm -f "$project_dir/$manifest_name" "$project_dir/Manifest.toml"
-}
-
-rename_manifest() {
-    local project_dir=$1
-    if [[ -f "$project_dir/Manifest.toml" ]]; then
-        mv "$project_dir/Manifest.toml" "$project_dir/$manifest_name"
-    fi
-}
+echo "Which Julia version do you want to update the manifest for?"
+echo "  1) Julia 1.11"
+echo "  2) Julia 1.12"
+read -rp "Enter 1 or 2 [default: ${_default_choice}]: " _julia_choice
 
-copy_default_manifest() {
-    local project_dir=$1
-    if [[ -f "$project_dir/$manifest_name" ]]; then
-        cp "$project_dir/$manifest_name" "$project_dir/$default_manifest"
-    fi
-}
-
-require_manifest() {
-    local project_dir=$1
-    if [[ ! -f "$project_dir/$manifest_name" ]]; then
-        echo "Expected $project_dir/$manifest_name to exist, but it was not created."
+case "${_julia_choice}" in
+    1)
+        _desired_julia="1.11"
+        ;;
+    2)
+        _desired_julia="1.12"
+        ;;
+    "")
+        _desired_julia="${_default_julia}"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Invalid choice: '${_julia_choice}'. Please enter 1 or 2."
         exit 1
-    fi
-}
+        ;;
+esac
+echo "Using Julia version: ${_desired_julia}"
 
-for project_dir in "${projects[@]}"; do
-    delete_manifests "$project_dir"
-done
+# Temporarily switch to the chosen Julia version
+juliaup default "${_desired_julia}"
+echo "Switched to Julia ${_desired_julia}."
+echo
 
-if [[ $julia_major == "1.12" ]]; then
-    julia --startup-file=no --project -e '
-        using Pkg
-        Pkg.Registry.update()
-        for project in [".", "examples", "test"]
-            Pkg.activate(project)
-            Pkg.update(; update_registry=false)
-        end
-    '
-else
-    julia --startup-file=no --project -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.instantiate()'
-    julia --startup-file=no --project=examples -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.instantiate()'
-    julia --startup-file=no --project=test -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.instantiate()'
-fi
-
-for project_dir in "${manifest_projects[@]}"; do
-    rename_manifest "$project_dir"
-    require_manifest "$project_dir"
-    if [[ "$project_dir" == "." ]]; then
-        copy_default_manifest "$project_dir"
-    fi
-done
+cd bin
+./install --update -y
 
-if [[ $julia_major == "1.12" ]]; then
-    # Keep sub-projects manifest-free for Julia 1.12 workspace-based resolution.
-    rm -f "examples/$manifest_name" "examples/Manifest.toml" "examples/$default_manifest"
-    rm -f "test/$manifest_name" "test/Manifest.toml" "test/$default_manifest"
+julia_version=$(julia --version | awk '{print($3)}')
+julia_major=${julia_version:0:3}
+if [[ $julia_major == "1.1" ]]; then
+    julia_major=${julia_version:0:4} 
 fi
 
-# TODO run tests
-
-rm -rf ~/.julia/compiled/v${julia_major}/KiteControllers/
-if [[ $julia_major == "1.12" ]]; then
-    echo "Updated ${manifest_name} in root only for Julia ${julia_major}."
-    echo "No manifest files are kept in examples/ and test/ for Julia ${julia_major}."
+cd ..
+if [[ $julia_major == "1.10" ]]; then
+    cp examples/Manifest-v1.10.toml Manifest-v1.10.toml.default
+    rm -rf ~/.julia/compiled/v1.10/KiteControllers/
+    echo "Updated Manifest-v1.10.toml.default !"
+    echo "Make sure to run the tests before committing the new version!"
+elif [[ $julia_major == "1.11" ]]; then
+    cp examples/Manifest-v1.11.toml Manifest-v1.11.toml.default
+    rm -rf ~/.julia/compiled/v1.11/KiteControllers/
+    echo "Updated Manifest-v1.11.toml.default !"
+    echo "Make sure to run the tests before committing the new version!"
 else
-    echo "Updated ${manifest_name} files for Julia ${julia_major} in root, examples, and test!"
-fi
-echo "Updated ${default_manifest} in root only."
-echo "Make sure to run install before committing the new version!"
\ No newline at end of file
+    cp Manifest-v1.12.toml Manifest-v1.12.toml.default
+    rm -rf ~/.julia/compiled/v1.12/KiteControllers/
+    echo "Updated Manifest-v1.12.toml.default !"
+    echo "Make sure to run the tests before committing the new version!"
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/CondaPkg.toml b/examples/CondaPkg.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59e86d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/CondaPkg.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[deps]
+matplotlib = ""
+pyqt = ""
diff --git a/examples/Project.toml b/examples/Project.toml
index 68c5167d..88a95d79 100644
--- a/examples/Project.toml
+++ b/examples/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [deps]
+CondaPkg = "992eb4ea-22a4-4c89-a5bb-47a3300528ab"
 ControlPlots = "23c2ee80-7a9e-4350-b264-8e670f12517c"
-FFMPEG_jll = "b22a6f82-2f65-5046-a5b2-351ab43fb4e5"
 DiscretePIDs = "c1363496-6848-4723-8758-079b737f6baf"
+FFMPEG_jll = "b22a6f82-2f65-5046-a5b2-351ab43fb4e5"
 JLD2 = "033835bb-8acc-5ee8-8aae-3f567f8a3819"
 Joysticks = "82f05805-4863-42dc-b1a7-0852bd62c632"
 KiteControllers = "b19fd437-5b3a-4cca-b199-c3ded0f20ded"
@@ -10,8 +11,8 @@ KitePodModels = "9de5dc81-f971-414a-927b-652b2f41c539"
 KiteUtils = "90980105-b163-44e5-ba9f-8b1c83bb0533"
 KiteViewers = "2e593061-95e7-45e4-95f4-df0491f2e601"
 LaTeXStrings = "b964fa9f-0449-5b57-a5c2-d3ea65f4040f"
-NativeFileDialog = "e1fe445b-aa65-4df4-81c1-2041507f0fd4"
 NOMAD = "02130f1c-4665-5b79-af82-ff1385104aa0"
+NativeFileDialog = "e1fe445b-aa65-4df4-81c1-2041507f0fd4"
 NonlinearSolve = "8913a72c-1f9b-4ce2-8d82-65094dcecaec"
 Parameters = "d96e819e-fc66-5662-9728-84c9c7592b0a"
 Rotations = "6038ab10-8711-5258-84ad-4b1120ba62dc"
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ YAML = "ddb6d928-2868-570f-bddf-ab3f9cf99eb6"
 KiteControllers = {path = ".."}
 
 [compat]
-ControlPlots = "0.2.14"
+ControlPlots = "0.3.0"
 Joysticks = "0.1.4"
 KiteModels = "0.11.12"
 KitePodModels = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/test/Project.toml b/test/Project.toml
index 94f83a57..77cd1032 100644
--- a/test/Project.toml
+++ b/test/Project.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ KiteControllers = {path = ".."}
 [compat]
 Aqua = "0.8.11"
 BenchmarkTools = "1.6"
-ControlPlots = "0.2.14"
+ControlPlots = "0.3.0"
 Joysticks = "0.1.4"
 KiteModels = "0.11.8"
 KitePodModels = "0.4.0"