Supported versions of Python:
FlexgetCurrentPythonRequirements
You can check your installed version of Python with this command:
python -V
It's also worth trying python3 and/or hitting tab for autocomplete in case you already have python 3 installed, which is often the case.
Example of installation in a Debian-based system:
sudo apt-get install python3.8
Python virtualenvs provide isolated python runtime. It does not mess with your operating system and can be easily deleted and recreated if needed.
Python3 generally ships with virtualenv. Simply run:
python3 -m venv ~/flexget/
If this does not work (eg. on ubuntu) you may need to install virtualenv package with:
sudo apt install python3-venv
Virtualenv is very likely created with old versions of some necessary tools and this can fail the installation or FlexGet may seem broken after installation. Please upgrade them with:
~/flexget/bin/pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
virtualenv~/flexget/bin/pip install flexget
This will install FlexGet and all of it's dependencies.
virtualenvThe virtualenv can be activated with this command:
source ~/flexget/bin/activate
After activation, the command flexget will work from anywhere. Note that activation does not persist over to new shell sessions.
Alternatively you can use following command without activating virtualenv.
~/flexget/bin/flexget [options]
You will need to use this form if you use crontab to schedule FlexGet executions.
Not generally recommended. Global install for all users can be achieved with the following command. This requires pip to be available for root.
sudo pip install flexget
This usually works fine, but in some cases you may run into issues if multiple Python packages request different versions of libraries. virtualenv does not suffer from this issue and is the recommended method for new users.
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