Installation

This is for all services not included in the requirements list.

Virtual environment

To keep python packages we recommend using a python virtual environment. To do this you must install virtualenv:

pip install virtualenv

Create a virtualenv:

cd autoreduction
# Please note the below assumes python 3 is your default version.
# You can specify a python executable with the -p flag e.g. virtualenv -p /path/to/python3 venv3
virtualenv venv3

And activate your virtualenv:

# Windows
venv3\Scripts\activate

# or Linux
source venv3/bin/activate

To leave your virtual python environment simply type:

deactivate

Package setup

Autoreduction uses a combination of pip and a setup.py file to perform its installation. To install the service to pip (so that packages can be found) perform a pip install:

# from the parent directory of the git clone directory, and assume the name of the git folder is autoreduction
pip install -e autoreduction

-e means install in editable mode or developer mode, meaning uninstalling and installing should not be needed with repository code changes.

Install testings requirements (development only)

Install the testing tools for the project with:

pip install -r autoreduction/requirements.txt