Cloning this repository

Git Installation and Repository Cloning

Follow these steps to install Git, clone the repository where this Markdown file is present, and get started with version control.

Step 1: Install Git

If you don't have Git installed, download and install it from the official Git website.

Step 2: Open a Terminal or Command Prompt

Open your terminal or command prompt where you want to clone the repository.

Step 3: Create your fork of the repository

Click the 'Fork' button on the top-right corner of this repository's page, and create your own fork. Then, follow the following instructions in your own fork of the repository. Read about forks here

Step 4: Clone the Repository

Use the following command to clone the repository:

git clone <repository_url>

Here, <repository_url> is the url of your fork of the repository.

Setting up a Python 3.10 Virtual Environment

Follow these steps to create a Python virtual environment and install dependencies from the requirements.txt file.

Step 1: Install Python 3.10

Ensure that you have Python 3.10 installed on your system. You can download it from the official Python website.

For Windows

For further ease, add the installed python to the PATH environment variable if it is not already present.

To verify, run python --version in terminal. If it is present in PATH, it should return the version of python with no error.

Step 2: Open a Terminal or Command Prompt

Open your terminal or command prompt where you want to create the virtual environment.

Step 3: Create a Virtual Environment

Run the command python -m venv egd-env

Step 4: Activate the virtual environment

For Windows:

If using command prompt, in the root directory of egd-env, run egd-env/Scripts/activate.bat

If using powershell (recommended), run egd-env/Scripts/activate.ps1

For MacOS:

Run source egd-env/bin/activate

To deactivate the environment, simply run deactivate

Step 5: Install Dependencies from 'requirements.txt'

After activating the virtual environment, run the command pip install -r requirements.txt

Verify installation by running pip list to display the list of installed packages.