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Configuring Python Path

Requirements

This guide assumes you obtained a copy of this project by cloning it from our repository.

Actions

Let your python interpreter know where to look in order to find the psicollect module. The psicollect module is located under ./psicollect/ in the project root directory, so we'll need to export the project root directory (e.g. /home/user/psi-collect/ as PYTHONPATH).

Linux

  1. Add the line export PYTHONPATH="<path to project>" to the end of the file ~/.bashrc using your favorite text editor (e.g. nano ~/.bashrc for the nano text editor). This will ensure that your python interpreter knows where to look.

  2. Log-out and log back in to trigger the ~/.bashrc file.

Windows 10

  1. Click Start in the bottom-left
  2. Search environment variables
  3. Click Edit the system environment variables in the search results
  4. Click the Environment Variables... button in the bottom right-hand corner of the window that pops up
  5. Click New... and add the variable as either a user or system variable. Variable name will be PYTHONPATH and value will be <path to project>

Module not found: 'psicollect'

If you get an error that says something like Module 'psicollect' not found!, then the python interpreter can't find the project. Double-check that the project root directory is in the PYTHONPATH. You should see it in your environment variables when running env from terminal in Linux or in the environmental variables screen in Windows 10.

Last update: 2020-03-18