Python Install Tips

python installs:

# display all python installs on ubuntu
ls -ls /usr/bin/python*

# display all python installs on windows
py -0p

# display python version being used
python -V
python --version

pip install

• pip is the recommended package-management system written in Python used to install and manage software package

pip -V
pip --version

package installs:

# see location(s) of installed packages 
python -m site

# show all installed packages
pip list

# see location of individual package
pip show pandas

# see where python installs your local packages
python -m site --user-site

install packages:

pip install matplotlib

pip install --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org pip matplotlib

C:\Users\jklei\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Scripts\pip3 install pandasql
C:\users\nrf46657\appdata\local\programs\python\python310\Scripts\pip3 install virtualenv

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Setting up Remote-SSH for VS Code

• Create config file in this location: C:\Users\nrf46657\.ssh\config
  • Can see this by F1 -> Remote-SSH: Settings
• Populate file with the following

Host deq1.bse.vt.edu
  HostName deq1.bse.vt.edu
  Port 311
  User jkleiner

Host deq2
  HostName deq2
  User jkleiner
  ProxyCommand ssh jkleiner@deq1.bse.vt.edu -W %h:%p

• F1 -> Close Remote Connection to close

Getting set up with python on windows:

1. Install VS Code Desktop (User Installer 64 bit)
2. Install Python extension in VS Code
3. Install latest version of python from web browser (e.g. 3.10.5)
   • Select this interpreter in VS Code

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Set Up Virtual Environments

1. Open a Windows PowerShell
   • Navigate to your home directory PS C:\Users\nrf46657>
2. Install the python package virtualenv
   • PS C:\Users\nrf46657> py -m pip install --user virtualenv
3. Confirm install was successful
   • PS C:\Users\nrf46657> pip show virtualenv

   Name: virtualenv
   Version: 20.17.1
   Summary: Virtual Python Environment builder
   Home-page: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/
   Author: Bernat Gabor
   Author-email: gaborjbernat@gmail.com
   License: MIT
   Location: c:\users\nrf46657\appdata\roaming\python\python310\site-packages
   Requires: distlib, filelock, platformdirs
   Required-by: