PyCUI Installation

You may install py_cui via pip (use pip3 if python 2 and 3 are installed side by side)

pip install py-cui

Make sure to run as root/sudo as required. Note that the library is titled py_cui, but the name of the pypi package is py-cui, though in most cases, installing with

pip install py_cui

should work OK.

If you would like to use py_cui directly from source, clone this repository with:

git clone https://github.com/jwlodek/py_cui

Then build/install with pip:

cd py_cui
pip install .

If you would like to try it out without installing, first make sure that curses is installed (windows-curses if on windows), and then copy one of the example files into the top directory. You may then simply run it with python3.

Developer Installation

Additional packages can be used by py_cui developers to help with debugging and other issues. For these, you may use pip:

pip install -r requirements_dev.txt

It is also recommended to use a virtual environment to develop py_cui:

mkdir venv
cd venv
python3 -m venv .
source bin/activate

Development packages are as follows:

Package	Used For
pytest	Unit testing
pytest-cov	Code coverage stats
flake8	Style checking
npdoc2md	Docstring to Markdown documentation auto-conversion

Running Examples

To run examples, install py_cui, enter the examples/ directory, and run them with python3. For example, to run todo_list_example.py:

cd examples
python3 todo_list_example.py

Feel free to take a look at the Examples section of this documentation for more details.