Installation and Upgrade

Installation

Always create a virtual environment with venv or any other preferred solution:

python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate && python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip

From PyPI:

python3 -m pip install pyvss

macOS

You can use pip directly to install PyVSS. Run pip –version to see if your version of macOS already includes Python and pip.

python3 -m pip --version

Note

If you don’t have pip installed, first download and install Python 3.8 for Mac from the downloads page of Python.org. Download and run the pip installation script provided by the Python Packaging Authority.

curl -O https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
python3 get-pip.py --user

  1. Use pip to install PyVSS.

python3 -m pip install pyvss --upgrade --user

  1. Verify that the PyVSS is installed correctly.

pip freeze | grep pyvss

Linux

You can use pip directly to install PyVSS. Run pip –version to see if your version of Linux already includes Python and pip.

pip --version

Note

If you don’t have pip installed, first download and install Python 3.8 for Linux from the downloads page of Python.org or using your preferred package manager. Download and run the pip installation script provided by the Python Packaging Authority.

curl -O https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
python3 get-pip.py --user

  1. Use pip to install PyVSS.

pip install pyvss --upgrade --user

  1. Verify that the PyVSS is installed correctly.

pip freeze | grep pyvss

Windows

  1. Open the Command Prompt from the Start menu.

  2. Use the following commands to verify that Python and pip are both installed correctly.

C:\Windows\System32> python --version
Python 3.7.1
C:\Windows\System32> pip --version
pip 18.1 from c:\program files\python38\lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.8)

  1. Install PyVSS CLI using pip.

C:\Windows\System32> pip install pyvss

  1. Verify that PyVSS is installed correctly.

C:\Windows\System32> pip freeze | findstr pyvss

Upgrade

pip install pyvss --upgrade --user