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Install Python

Python can be downloaded from their official website for macOS, Linux or Windows.

Use the latest Python 3 version available.

macOS

Windows

Linux

  • You can use your package manager to search and install it (Recommended)
  • Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install python3
  • Fedora: dnf install python3
  • Arch: pacman -S python
  • Optionally you can download the source and compile it from scratch.

Does it work?

  • macOS and Linux:

    • Open a terminal and type python you should see something like this: 
      Python 3.7.2 (default, Jan 10 2019, 23:51:51)
[GCC 8.2.1 20181127] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>

  • Important: In some systems you should execute python3 instead.

  • Windows

    • Open cmd by typing WindowsKey + r, then writing cmd and Enter.
    • Type python or python3 and you should see something like: 
      Python 3.7.2 (default, Jan 10 2019, 23:51:51)
[GCC 8.2.1 20181127] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>

Install Virtualenv (optional)

It is recommendable to use virtualenv to create a separate Python environment where we can install packages freely, without affecting the installed modules that are installed in the system.

  • Install virtualenv 
    pip install virtualenv
  • Create a virtual environment: 
    virtualenv workshop
  • Activate the virtual environment: 
    source workshop/bin/activate
  • Verify where is your python executable. It should be inside the virtual environment. 
    which python
> ~/workshop/bin/python

Install PySide6

  • Activate your virtual environment (optional)
  • Install PySide6 via pip 
    pip install PySide6
  • Execute python and try to import the module import PySide6, if no error appeared, you successfully installed it. Something like this: 
    >>> import PySide6
>>>