Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Update README.md
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
  • Loading branch information
@tjbarnum13
tjbarnum13 committed Nov 8, 2021
1 parent f8f3813 commit 838c4d4
Showing 1 changed file with 13 additions and 0 deletions.
13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions README.md
View file
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ PySpecTools is designed to work with Python 3.7+, and so starting from scratch:
3. `pip install poetry`
4. `poetry install`

Installation on Windows is less straightforward. The following instructions avoid
issues originating from virtual environments created by poetry and include a workaround
for a known issue with poetry in Windows.

1. `conda create -n pst python=3.7`
2. `conda activate pst`
3. `pip install poetry`
4. `poetry config virtualenvs.in-project false`
5. `poetry config virtualenvs.create false`
6. Navigate to the folder `C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\pypoetry\Cache` and delete all contents of this folder.
7. Navigate to the folder containing PySpecTools
8. `poetry install`

## PyPickett

`PySpecTools` includes a set of routines for wrapping SPFIT/SPCAT. The design
Expand Down

1 comment on commit 838c4d4

@tjbarnum13
Copy link
Collaborator Author

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

This update to README includes more detailed instructions for installing PySpecTools on Windows using poetry. It addresses Issue #38 by (1) turning off the creation of virtual environments and (2) deleting the contents of poetry's Cache as a workaround for a known issue with poetry on Windows.

Please sign in to comment.