Installation and Upgrade

Installing the library is quite simple. Either clone the GitLab repository or download the source code or use pip to do everything for you:

Installation

From PyPI:

pip install pyvss

From source via HTTPS or SSH:

git clone https://gitlab-ee.eis.utoronto.ca/vss/py-vss
cd py-vss
python setup.py install

To be able to fetch from gitlab-ee.eis.utoronto.ca via SSH, first make sure to add your client account’s SSH pub key in gitlab’s “Settings > SSH Keys”.

git clone git@gitlab-ee.eis.utoronto.ca:vss/py-vss
cd py-vss
python setup.py install

Python 2.7 users must install enum34: pip install enum34.

macOS

You can use pip directly to install PyVSS. Run pip –version to see if your version of macOS already includes Python and pip.

pip --version

If you don’t have pip installed, first download and install Python 3.7 for Mac from the downloads page of Python.org. Download and run the pip installation script provided by the Python Packaging Authority.

curl -O https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
python3 get-pip.py --user

Use pip to install PyVSS.

pip install pyvss --upgrade --user

Verify that the PyVSS is installed correctly.

pip freeze | grep pyvss

Linux

You can use pip directly to install PyVSS. Run pip –version to see if your version of Linux already includes Python and pip.

pip --version

If you don’t have pip installed, first download and install Python 3.7 for Linux from the downloads page of Python.org or using your preferred package manager. Download and run the pip installation script provided by the Python Packaging Authority.

curl -O https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
python3 get-pip.py --user

Use pip to install PyVSS.

pip install pyvss --upgrade --user

Verify that the PyVSS is installed correctly.

pip freeze | grep pyvss

Windows

Open the Command Prompt from the Start menu.
Use the following commands to verify that Python and pip are both installed correctly.

C:\Windows\System32> python --version
Python 3.7.1
C:\Windows\System32> pip --version
pip 18.1 from c:\program files\python37\lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.7)

Install PyVSS CLI using pip.

C:\Windows\System32> pip install pyvss

Verify that PyVSS is installed correctly.

C:\Windows\System32> pip freeze | findstr pyvss

Upgrade

pip install pyvss --upgrade --user
# or
easy_install -U pyvss