Installing Python for Vic-3D 11

Installing Python

The most efficient way to install Python for use with extensions and vicpyx is to download directly from the Python Software Foundation website using the main Download link:

https://www.python.org/downloads/

After downloading, the Windows installer may be run directly:

Clicking Install now will install all needed options for use with vicpyx.

Once the installer is complete, clicking Close will finish the install. After this, vicpyx can be installed following the guide below.

Using other Python installs

If a Python environment other than the python.org installer is present, the location of a preferred Python executable may be specified in Global Preferences in the Extensions tab.

Installation

The vicpyx module is available on The Python Package Index and can be installed with pip. First, a command prompt is opened, for example by selecting Command Prompt from the Windows start menu:

From the command prompt, call pip from Python by using the Python launcher, py.

py -m pip install vicpyx

This will install vicpyx with the packages required for it to run. Some extensions provided by Correlated Solutions require additional libraries; to get vicpyx and all the required packages for the extensions, you can instead use:

py -m pip install vicpy-extension-requirements