Setup Notes

Setup

We’ll need to get our systems setup to work properly with the tools we’ll be using this semester.

VSCode and The Command Line

Windows Users

If you ware using a windows computer, I’ll ask you to install Windows Subsystem for Linux like so:

• Follow the tutorial here for enabling and installing WSL
• Install VS Code
• Work through the first section of this tutorial, stopping after you connect to WSL

MacOS/Linux Users

• Install VS Code

Python

pyenv

We’ll be using a program called pyenv to manage the versions of python we use. To install pyenv, open the VSCode Command Palette (with ) which will open the command line interface. Then,

• copy this line of code code from this page ()

bash

curl https://pyenv.run | bash

• Paste it into the terminal (()
• Hit enter.

Once that has successfully finished:

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MacOS Users

• Run this

bash

open ~/.zshrc

If you get an error.

• Run this

bash

touch ~/.zshrc
open ~/.zshrc

WSL users

• Run this

bash

open ~/.bashrc

If you get an error

• Run ths

bash

touch ~/.bashrc
open ~/.bashrc

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• Paste the following into the window that opens.

sh

export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
[[ -d $PYENV_ROOT/bin ]] && export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init -)"

• Save it

Installing Python

• Close and reopen the terminal window
• Copy-Paste the following lines of code

bash

pyenv install 3.11
pyenv global 3.11
pyenv virtualenv 3.11 Lin511
pyenv activate Lin511

This will have installed a recent version of python onto your computer, and created a “virtual environment” for the class.

Installing some

Git & Github Configuration

Make sure you change the email and name to the email and username you use for Github!

• In the terminal, set your git email address:

bash

git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

• Set your username.

bash

git config --global user.name "Your Name"

Then, follow these tutorials from github:

• Generating a new SSH Key
• Adding your ssh key to github