Running TabPy in Virtual Environment

Running TabPy in Python Virtual Environment

To run TabPy in Python virtual environment follow the steps:

1. Install virtualenv package:

   pip install virtualenv
   

2. Create virtual environment (replace my-tabpy-env with your virtual environment name):

   virtualenv my-tabpy-env
   

3. Activate the environment.

   1. For Windows run

      my-tabpy-env\Scripts\activate
      

   2. For Linux and Mac run

      source my-tabpy-env/bin/activate
      

4. Run TabPy:

   1. Default TabPy

      tabpy
      

   2. Local TabPy

      To create a version of TabPy that incorporates locally-made changes, use pip to create a package from your local TabPy project and install it within that directory:

         pip install -e .
      

      Then start TabPy just like it was mentioned earlier

         tabpy
      

5. To deactivate virtual environment run:

   deactivate
   

Running TabPy in an Anaconda Virtual Environment

To run TabPy in an Anaconda virtual environment follow the steps: NOTE: this assumes you have installed Anaconda in a Windows environment

1. For Windows open Anaconda Prompt from the Windows Start menu, for Linux and Mac run shell.

2. Navigate to your home directory:

   1. On Windows run

      cd %USERPROFILE%
      

   2. For Linux and Mac run

      cd ~
      

3. Create the virtual Anaconda environment

    conda create --name my-tabpy-env python=3.12
   

4. Activate your virtual environment

   conda activate my-tabpy-env
   

5. Install TabPy to your new Anaconda environment by following the instructions on the TabPy Server Install documentation page.

6. Run TabPy:

   tabpy
   

7. To deactivate virtual environment run:

   conda deactivate