Summary and Setup

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Software Setup

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Requirements:
Python 3.11+ with Pip, setuptools packages Download Python | Python.org
Bash-like environment for command-line

Windows

Install Git for Windows and use the installed “Git Bash” terminal program. Command Prompt/Powershell might be OK as well.

Note that since recently, Windows installation of Python might not automatically create alias “python[.exe]” for executing Python. Windows should in any case install Python launcher executable called “py” in any case. If you cannot run commands with “python”, use “py” instead, or resolve the issue following these tips.

MacOS

Use Terminal.app

Linux

Use Terminal

Make a folder for the exercises. For the examples in this course this is expected to be at the user’s home directory (“/home/<username>/” or “C:\Users\<username>\”)

mkdir qmi_course
cd qmi_course

Make a virtual environment for running exercises

python -m venv venv
# Linux / MacOS Terminal
source venv/bin/activate
# Git bash on Windows
source venv/Scripts/activate
# Powershell, with possibly required step to enable running scripts
set-executionpolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
.\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

Install open-source QMI with Pip

pip install qmi

Handy to have: IDE software, like PyCharm.