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Mac Installation Instructions

Step 1: Installation prerequisites:

make sure the command line compiler tools are installed:

xcode-select --install

(Select Install in the window that opens)

Step 2: Install homebrew

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Step 3: Install other required libraries:

brew install automake libtool pkg-config libffi gmp openssl readline xz

Step 4: Install pyenv:

brew install pyenv
echo -e 'if command -v pyenv 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then\n eval "$(pyenv init -)"\nfi' >> ~/.bash_profile

Step 5: Close and re-open the terminal

Step 6: Install Python 3.6 and set as default:

pyenv install 3.8.6
pyenv global 3.8.6

Step 7: Install virtualenvwrapper:

pip3 install virtualenvwrapper
echo -e 'export WORKON_HOME=~/Envs\nsource ~/.pyenv/versions/3.8.6/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh' >> ~/.bash_profile

Step 8: Setup paths for compiling Python libraries:

echo -e 'BREW_PREFIX="$(brew --prefix openssl)"\nexport CFLAGS="-I${BREW_PREFIX}/include"\nexport LDFLAGS="-L${BREW_PREFIX}/lib"' >> ~/.bash_profile

Step 9: Close and re-open the terminal

Step 10: Clone gsy-e repository (do this inside the directory where you want the project to be):

git clone "https://github.com/gridsingularity/gsy-e.git"
cd gsy-e

Step 11: Create and initialise gsy-e virtualenv

brew install npm
npm install --global ganache-cli
mkvirtualenv gsy-e
pip3 install pendulum pip-tools
pip3 install -e .

You now should have a working gsy-e setup.

For help in the terminal ani to test your installation, run gsy-e run -–help.