— Automated Installation

— Automated Installation#

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Video Guide — description found below

Install everything at once#

Installs all packages and tools required for the 1st year Polytechnical Foundation courses at DTU.

  1. Open PowerShell as an Administrator by opening the menu bar, then search for Windows PowerShell.

  2. Once you see Windows PowerShell on the right-hand side, you can select Run as Administrator. If not, right-click the icon and select Run as Administrator.

    ../../_images/windows-ps-run-admin.png

  3. Copy the following line of code into the PowerShell window and press Enter.

    Note: please copy the entire line.

    PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& {Invoke-Expression (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dtudk/pythonsupport-scripts/main/Windows_AutoInstall.ps1' -UseBasicParsing).Content}"

    Tip

    You can copy and paste code in the gray code blocks by hovering your mouse over the block and pressing the icon appearing in the top right.

  4. The script has finished when you see something like:

    Script has finished. You may now close the terminal...

    Now, Python and Visual Studio Code will be ready to use.

    Note

    During the installation, you will see warnings and caveats, etc. The script will resolve these automatically. Please let the script finish.

Verification#

Verify that your installation is successful by following these steps:

  1. Open PowerShell by opening the menu bar, then search for Windows PowerShell. Verify that (base) is shown to the left of the text. Something like the image below:

    ../../_images/conda-check-base1.gif

  2. Type idle in the Powershell window, then press Enter. This should open a new window in which you can run Python code.

  3. Verify the IDLE window says Python 3.11.X in the top left (or in the range of 3.8 – 3.11).

  4. Copy the following Python code into the IDLE window, then press Enter:

    import dtumathtools, pandas, scipy, statsmodels, uncertainties

    Verify that a new line (>>>) appears without any text (indicating everything got imported correctly). See the below image for an example:

    ../../_images/windows-IDLE-import.png

If some steps result in a different than described above, please continue reading the Troubleshooting section.

Troubleshooting#

Only follow these troubleshooting steps if something in the previous section did not check out.

  • Ensure that Miniconda is installed: Search for the Anaconda Powershell prompt (it will say Anaconda Powershell Prompt (Miniconda3)) on your computer and open it up.

    If you cannot find it, press here to install Miniconda.

  • After opening the Anaconda Powershell, type conda init and press Enter.

  • Ensure the packages are installed (if they are already installed, this will not do anything).

    Paste the following line of code to the PowerShell window and press Enter:

    conda install python=3.11 dtumathtools pandas scipy statsmodels uncertainties -y

  • Go back to the previous Verification section and check them again.

If you are still having trouble or have any questions, please do not hesitate to visit us during office hours or contact us via email or Discord. More information can be found on our homepage.

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