Installing OGS - Virtual environment problem

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Hi - I am trying to install OGS on a Mac - I have limited python experience.

OGS says:

A straightforward way of installing OGS is via Python’s pip-tool:

# Optional: create a Python virtual environment, see below
python -m venv .venv
.\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1 # for PowerShell OR
.\venv\Scripts\activate.bat # for Command Prompt

This is what I see in Terminal:

robincurtis@Robins-MacBook-Pro750 ~ % python -m venv .venv
robincurtis@Robins-MacBook-Pro750 ~ % .\venv\Scripts\activate.bat
zsh: command not found: .venvScriptsactivate.bat

Do I need an activate.bat file ? Where ? 

This is basic stuff - any help appreciated

Thank you.......
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Hi,

in the top of the page you are referring (Introduction) you need to select the macOS tab or (in this special case) the Linux tab and you will find:

source .venv/bin/activate

Tobias

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Thank you for this Tobias. I have tried clicking on the Select OS option in the Introduction - and I don’t see anything change. (Tried 3 different browsers).

Do I just put:

source .venv/bin/activate

into Terminal ?

Apologies for unfamiliarity with python - just want to get to the modelling !!

Regards Robin.

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Hi,

yest, then the next step (if you follow the Python way) would be:

pip install ogstools[ogs]

Now ogs is available in your current shell session (terminal).

If you do not need/want to work with Python see Option2 in:

Tobias

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Tobias - thank you for this.

Think I need to upgrade my version of Python.

Regards Robin

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As additional remark for the default zsh terminal on Mac: pip install ogstools[ogs] didn’t work, instead pip install ogstools"[ogs]" works

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Or pip install ogstools\[ogs\].

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