Installation

Installation of the explabox requires Python 3.8 or higher.

1. Python installation

Install Python on your operating system using the Python Setup and Usage guide.

2. Installing explabox

explabox can be installed:

  1. using pip: pip3 install (released on PyPI )

  2. locally: cloning the repository and using python3 setup.py install

Option 1: Using pip

  1. Open up a terminal (Linux / macOS) or cmd.exe/powershell.exe (Windows)

  2. Run the command:

    • pip3 install explabox, or

    • pip install explabox.

user@terminal:~$ pip3 install explabox
Collecting explabox
...
Installing collected packages: explabox
Successfully installed explabox

Option 2: Locally

  1. Download the folder from GitHub:

    • Clone this repository, or

    • Download it as a .zip file and extract it.

  2. Open up a terminal (Linux / macOS) or cmd.exe/powershell.exe (Windows) and navigate to the folder you downloaded explabox in.

  3. In the main folder (containing the setup.py file) run:

    • python3 setup.py install / python setup.py install or,

    • pip3 install . / pip install .

user@terminal:~$ cd ~/explabox
user@terminal:~/explabox$ python3 setup.py install
running install
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
...
Finished processing dependencies for explabox