install_pip.md

Install Silkaj with Pip

You have to use a shell on GNU/Linux or a command tool (cmd.exe) on Windows.

GNU/Linux

The system must use UTF-8 locales…

Install libsodium

sudo apt install libsodium23 # Debian Buster
sudo apt install libsodium18 # Debian Stretch
sudo dnf install libsodium # Fedora

Install dependencies before installing

sudo apt install python3-pip python3-dev python3-wheel libssl-dev

On Ubuntu (14.04 and 16.04) and Debian 8, you need this package too:

sudo apt install libffi-dev

Raspbian and Linux Mint are reported to require the installation of this package too:

sudo apt install python3-dev

Completing PATH

After intallation, if you get a bash: silkaj: command not found error, you should add ~/.local/bin to your PATH:

echo "export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin" >> $HOME/.bashrc
source $HOME/.bashrc

macOS

To install Python, run the following command:

brew install python3

pip3 will automatically be installed with python3 installation.

Then, install Silkaj with:

pip3 install silkaj --user

Windows

Administrator rights

Please note that the administrator rights might be mandatory for some of these operations.

The PATH variable

The main issue on Windows is about finding where are the requested files.

Python must be installed (version 3.5 minimum). For instance https://sourceforge.net/projects/winpython/

You can test that Python is available by opening a command tool (cmd.exe) and running:

C:\>python --version
Python 3.6.7

When installing Python, take care to specify the good folder (for instance: C:\WPy-3670)