Running TabPy in Virtual Environment¶

Running TabPy in Python Virtual Environment¶

To run TabPy in Python virtual environment follow the steps:

Install virtualenv package:
```
pip install virtualenv
```
Create virtual environment (replace my-tabpy-env with your virtual environment name):
```
virtualenv my-tabpy-env
```

Activate the environment.

For Windows run
```
my-tabpy-env\Scripts\activate
```
For Linux and Mac run
```
source my-tabpy-env/bin/activate
```

Run TabPy:
1. Default TabPy
```
tabpy
```
2. Local TabPy
  
  To create a version of TabPy that incorporates locally-made changes, use pip to create a package from your local TabPy project and install it within that directory:
```
pip install -e .
```
  Then start TabPy just like it was mentioned earlier
```
tabpy
```
To deactivate virtual environment run:
```
deactivate
```

Running TabPy in an Anaconda Virtual Environment¶

To run TabPy in an Anaconda virtual environment follow the steps: NOTE: this assumes you have installed Anaconda in a Windows environment

For Windows open Anaconda Prompt from the Windows Start menu, for Linux and Mac run shell.
Navigate to your home directory:
1. On Windows run
```
cd %USERPROFILE%
```
2. For Linux and Mac run
```
cd ~
```

Create the virtual Anaconda environment

conda create --name my-tabpy-env python=3.7

Activate your virtual environment
```
conda activate my-tabpy-env
```
Install TabPy to your new Anaconda environment by following the instructions on the TabPy Server Install documentation page.
Run TabPy:
```
tabpy
```
To deactivate virtual environment run:
```
conda deactivate
```