csse473

Student-facing materials for CSSE/MA 473 Design and Analysis of Algorithms

Python Environment Setup Instructions

(with thanks to Dr. Kyle Wilson for some tips, such as virtualenvwrapper)

1. Clone the csse473 repository into an appropriate local (not OneDrive) directory.
2. Install Python 3.10+. Feel free to use pip or conda, whichever you prefer.
3. (Recommended) Create a virtual Python environment for this course. Consider using virtualenvwrapper. Install instructions are here. This gives you easy-to-remember commands such as:

mkvirtualenv [envname] # new python environment
deactivate [envname] # leave the virtual environment
rmvirtualenv [envname] # delete a virtual environment
workon [envname] # load (or switch to) an environment

4. Install the necessary Python libraries from requirements.txt. Using pip, this might look like

pip3 install -r ./requirements.txt

5. If something seems buggy about your environment it's easy to get a fresh slate:

• deactivate your virtual environment
• delete it
• create a new blank one
• install the requirements.txt file