Compiling from source code

Requirements

Python 3 Interpreter

Latest* version of Python 3 is needed. See if it is already installed here. If not, download the matching release for your platform here and install it. If you are a Windows user, selecting Add Python 3 to PATH option when installing the software is mandatory.

* Use Python 3.6.5 if you encounter an issue

Using terminal

To open it...

On Windows: Press Shift+Right Click, select Open Powershell window here or Open Command Prompt window here
On Linux: Right-click in a folder and select Open Terminal or press Ctrl+Alt+T.
On MacOS: Look for an app called Terminal.

Navigating to the directory where script is downloaded

Go inside the folder where script.py is located. If you are not familiar with changing directories on command-prompt and terminal read Changing Directories in this article

Finding the correct keyword for Python

Enter these lines to terminal window until it prints out the version you have downloaded and installed:

python --version
python3 --version
python3.7 --version
python3.6 --version
py --version
py -3 --version
py -3.6 --version
py -3.7 --version

Once it does, your keyword is without the --version part.

Installing dependencies

Enter the line below to terminal window when you are in the directory where script.py is, use your keyword for Python:

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Now, you can go to Using command-line arguments

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