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Adds additional instructions for virtual environments

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h/t to @xlorepdarkhelm for the suggestions!

Signed-off-by: Carlo Costino <carlo.costino@gsa.gov>
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Carlo Costino
2023-11-17 15:10:07 -05:00
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@@ -144,15 +144,16 @@ _NOTE: This project currently uses the latest `1.4.x release of Terraform._
#### Python Installation
Now we're going to install a tool to help us manage Python versions on our
system. First, we'll install [pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv) with
Homebrew:
Now we're going to install a tool to help us manage Python versions and
virtual environments on our system. First, we'll install
[pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv) and one of its plugins,
[pyenv-virtualenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv), with Homebrew:
```sh
brew install pyenv
brew install pyenv pyenv-virtualenv
```
When that finishes installing, you'll need to make another adjustment in the
When these finish installing, you'll need to make another adjustment in the
file that you adjusted for your `$PATH` environment variable and Homebrew's
setup. Open the file, and add these lines to it:
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ setup. Open the file, and add these lines to it:
export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
command -v pyenv >/dev/null || export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init -)"
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"
```
Once again, start a new shell session or source the file in your current shell
@@ -251,13 +253,15 @@ First, clone the respository in the directory of your choosing on your machine:
git clone git@github.com:GSA/notifications-api.git
```
Now go into the project directory (`notifications-api` by default) and set the
local Python version, like this (assumes version Python `3.9.18` is what is
installed on your machine):
Now go into the project directory (`notifications-api` by default), create a
virtual environment, and set the local Python version to point to the virtual
environment (assumes version Python `3.9.18` is what is installed on your
machine):
```sh
cd notifications-api
pyenv local 3.9.18
pyenv virtualenv 3.9.18 notify-api
pyenv local notify-api
```
_If you're not sure which version of Python was installed with `pyenv`, you can check by running `pyenv versions` and it'll list everything available currently._