CS110 · Programming Environment Setup

Programming Environment Setup

Select Your Operating System

Ubuntu Linux

Launch a terminal and run the following commands:

Change to your home folder.
$ cd $HOME
Install python3-pip and python3-tk.
$ sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-tk
Install numpy and pygame.
$ pip3 install numpy pygame
Create lib and workspace folders.
$ mkdir lib workspace
Download stdlib-python.zip.
$ wget https://www.cs.umb.edu/~siyer/teaching/stdlib-python.zip
Unzip stdlib-python.zip under ~/lib.
$ unzip stdlib-python.zip -d lib
Remove stdlib-python.zip.
$ rm stdlib-python.zip
Set the environment variable PYTHONPATH.
$ echo "export PYTHONPATH=.:$HOME/lib/stdlib-python" >> $HOME/.bashrc

Download and install PyCharm (Community Edition).

To test your environment, download and unzip the dummy project under ~/workspace, launch PyCharm and open ~/workspace/dummy_project, and run the following command on the PyCharm terminal:
$ python3 helloworld.py

Mac OS X

Launch a terminal and run the following commands:

Change to your home folder.
$ cd $HOME
Install brew.
$ /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Install python-tk and wget.
$ brew install python-tk wget
Install numpy and pygame.
$ pip3 install numpy pygame
Create lib and workspace folders.
$ mkdir lib workspace
Download stdlib-python.zip.
$ wget https://www.cs.umb.edu/~siyer/teaching/stdlib-python.zip
Unzip stdlib-python.zip under ~/lib.
$ unzip stdlib-python.zip -d lib
Remove stdlib-python.zip.
$ rm stdlib-python.zip
Set the environment variable PYTHONPATH.
$ echo "export PYTHONPATH=.:$HOME/lib/stdlib-python" >> $HOME/.zshenv

Download and install PyCharm (Community Edition).

To test your environment, download and unzip the dummy project under ~/workspace, launch PyCharm and open ~/workspace/dummy_project, and run the following command on the PyCharm terminal:
$ python3 helloworld.py

Windows

Install Python 3, making sure you have checked the box that says Add Python 3.x to PATH.

Launch a powershell terminal and run the following commands:

Change to your home folder.
$ cd $HOME
Install numpy and pygame.
$ pip3 install numpy pygame
Create lib and workspace folders.
$ mkdir lib,workspace
Download stdlib-python.zip.
$ wget -O stdlib-python.zip https://www.cs.umb.edu/~siyer/teaching/stdlib-python.zip
Unzip stdlib-python.zip under ~/lib.
$ Expand-Archive -LiteralPath stdlib-python.zip -DestinationPath lib
Remove stdlib-python.zip.
$ rm stdlib-python.zip
Set the environment variable PYTHONPATH.
$ setx PYTHONPATH ".;$HOME\lib\stdlib-python"

Download and install PyCharm (Community Edition).

To test your environment, download and unzip the dummy project under ~/workspace, launch PyCharm and open ~/workspace/dummy_project, and run the following command on the PyCharm terminal:
$ python.exe helloworld.py