Environment

Configuring environment

These instructions assume your computer is brand new and has no Python or other development tools installed. Feel free to skip any steps that you have already completed.

Using Anaconda

1. Install Anaconda Navigator:

   • Go to the Anaconda download page.

   • Download the version of Anaconda Navigator that corresponds to your operating system.

   • Follow the installation instructions for your operating system.

2. Install Git:

   • Go to the Git download page.

   • Download the version of Git that corresponds to your operating system.

   • Follow the installation instructions for your operating system.

3. Clone the GitHub repository:

   • Open a terminal or command prompt.

   • Navigate to the directory where you want to clone the repository.

   • Run the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/nathanramoscfa/etradebot.git
   

4. Create an environment using an environment.yml file:

   • Navigate to the cloned repository directory.

   • Run the following command to create the environment:

   conda env create -f environment.yml
   

   • This will create an environment with the name specified in the environment.yml file.

5. Activate the environment:

   • Run the following command to activate the environment:

   conda activate etradebot
   

6. Verify the environment:

   • Run the following command to verify that the environment was created successfully:

   conda env list
   

   • This will list all of the environments that are currently available.

   • The environment you created should be listed.

Using venv

1. Install Git:

   • Go to the Git download page.

   • Download the version of Git that corresponds to your operating system.

   • Follow the installation instructions for your operating system.

2. Clone the GitHub repository:

   • Open a terminal or command prompt.

   • Navigate to the directory where you want to clone the repository.

   • Run the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/nathanramoscfa/etradebot.git
   

3. Create a virtual environment:

   • Navigate to the cloned repository directory.

   • Run the following command to create a new virtual environment:

   python3 -m venv etradebot
   

   • This will create a new virtual environment named env in the current directory.

4. Activate the virtual environment:

   • Run the following command to activate the virtual environment:

   source etradebot/bin/activate
   

5. Install dependencies:

   • With the virtual environment activated, run the following command to install the dependencies from the requirements.txt file:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

   • This will install all the required packages listed in the requirements.txt file.

6. Verify the installation:

   • Run the following command to verify that the packages were installed correctly:

   pip list
   

   • This will list all the installed packages.