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Building Tahoe-LAFS on Windows
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If you are looking to hack on the source code or run pre-release code, we recommend you create a virtualenv instance and install Tahoe-LAFS into that:
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1. Make sure you have Powershell installed. See `PowerShell installation <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-core-on-windows?view=powershell-7.1>`_.
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2. Install the latest version of Python 3. Download the .exe file at the `python website <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_.
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3. Open the installer by double-clicking it. Select the **Add Python to PATH** check-box, then click **Install Now**.
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4. Start PowerShell and enter the following command to verify python installation::
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python --version
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5. Use ``pip`` to install ``virtualenv``::
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pip install --user virtualenv
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6. Create a fresh virtualenv for your Tahoe-LAFS install using the following command::
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virtualenv venv
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.. note::
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venv is the name of the virtual environment in this example. Use any name for your environment.
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7. Use pip to install Tahoe-LAFS in the virtualenv instance::
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venv\Scripts\pip install tahoe-lafs
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6. Verify installation by checking for the version::
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venv\Scripts\tahoe --version
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If you do not want to use the full path, i.e. ``venv\Scripts\tahoe`` everytime you want to run tahoe, you can:
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* Activate the virtualenv::
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. venv\Scripts\activate
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This will generate a subshell with a ``$PATH`` that includes the ``venv\Scripts\`` directory.
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* Change your ``$PATH`` to include the ``venv\Scripts`` directory. |