3color Installation

Alright! If you followed Things to know, Python you should be ready to install 3color-Press!

all you need to in order to install is $ pip install 3color-Press . This will install all the dependencies as well as create your project folder.

Warning

Before you run the install command there’s a few options and things you need to be aware of see Installation options

Installation options

running $ pip install 3color-Press will install the package to your global site-packages. On windows this isn’t too much of a worry (testing still needed though) as you shouldn’t get permission denied errors.

on OsX you won’t have permission by default to add files to your global site-packages, You will either have to

1. install with root privileges with $ sudo pip install 3color-Press,
2. install user only. $ pip install --user 3color-Press.
3. use a virtualenv

Warning

1. (osx/unix) if you install as root it will create your project folder as root

   you can fix this by using sudo chown -R username ~/3color-Press after you install

2. If you do option 2 the 3color command won’t be available on default. To fix this you can run sudo ln -s ~/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/bin/3color /usr/bin/3color

3. todo: explain virtualenv

Getting started with 3color

By default installation makes the command line tool 3color availble to you. As of this version this tool is the main means of interacting with the program and you will need to be able to use it.