Install¶

Installing requirements¶

Lets install python3 and mysql.

First of all to make sure that everything is up to date, let’s update and upgrade the system with apt-get.

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get -y upgrade

Probably python3 is already installed so let’s check.

$ python3 -V

If the command above returns something like Python 3.5.2 it’s all ok. Otherwise install python with the following command.

$ sudo apt-get install python3

To manage software packages for Python, let’s install pip.

$ sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip

A more detailed guide can be found on Digital Ocean.

Installing MySQL can be done by runnung the following command.

$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server

An easy guide regarding how to install python3 on windows can be found here.

An easy way to install MySQL is provided by the XAMPP package.

Let’s follow this guide but in the step number 8 starts just MySQL.

If python3-pip is already installed:

$ pip3 install <alchemist_lib-pack-name>

If you don’t have pip installed, you can easily install it by downloading and running get-pip.py.

If git is already installed:

$ git clone <alchemist_lib-repo-link>
$ cd <alchemist-repo-name>
$ python3 setup.py install

After the installation it’s important to specify mysql credentials:

$ sudo alchemist populate -l "hostname" -u "username" -p "password" -d "database_name"