Create a virtual environment

We recommend you create a dedicated virtual environment in which you can install the required packages.

Considering some packages are only available with pip, we advise using this method to manage the virtual environment.

Create a new virtual environment :

python3 -m venv env_name

where env_name is the name of the environment.

Activate it :

source env_name/bin/activate

or :

source env_name/bin/activate.csh

(depending on your shell)

Make sure pip is up-to-date and install requirements :

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
python3 -m pip install requirements.txt

If you are working with an IDE, you need to specify the location of the Python executable, which is something like /path/to/env_name/bin/python ; for example :

• Spyder : go to Preferences > Python interpreter ; check the “Use the following interpreter:” radio button and enter the appropriate path.

• Visual Studio Code : got to View > Command Palette ; select the “Python: Select Interpreter” command (see the VScode documentation), choose a project or the workspace level, click on “Enter interpreter path…” and type in the appropriate path.