Installation

PySys can be installed into any Python version from 3.8 to 3.12.

The best way to install PySys is using the standard pip installer which downloads and install the binary package for the current PySys release, by executing:

> python -m pip install PySys

Alternatively, you can download the binary .whl package from https://github.com/pysys-test/pysys-test/releases and use python -m pip install PySys-<VERSION>.whl instead.

Make sure you have an up-to-date pip using python -m pip install --upgrade pip. See https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages for more information about using pip.

Windows

On Windows, pip will automatically install the pywin32 and colorama libraries that PySys depends upon.

The executable launcher script pysys.py is installed into the Scripts\ directory of the Python installation, e.g. c:\Python\Scripts\pysys.py. To allow easy invocation of PySys from any test directory you may wish to add the Scripts directory to your PATH or copy the script to a location that is already on PATH. Alternatively you can run PySys using python -m pysys.

Unix

The executable launcher script pysys.py is installed into Python’s binary directory, e.g. /usr/local/bin, and hence should be on the current user’s PATH automatically; if not, just add it. Alternatively you can run PySys using python -m pysys.

Those wishing to use the manual tester should ensure they have installed the tcl/tk libraries on the host machine and are using a Python version that was compiled with tcl/tk support.