Installing System Dependencies #

Your computer must have some minimal software packages installed before the SmartBots can be used. Linux and windows are both supported.

Note

A mainstream Linux distro is preferred since windows will require more troubleshooting and is generally difficult to work with.

Linux System Dependencies #

The following packages are needed:

For Debian based distributions (Ubuntu/Mint/etc) these can be installed by running the following command in a shell:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install git python

For Arch based distributions (Arch/PopOS/Manjaro/etc) these can be installed by running the following command in a shell:

sudo pacman -Sy git python code

Check that python is installed, runnable, and the correct version by running the following in a shell:

python --version

which should report Python 3.12.10.

Download and install Git for windows.

See the following gif for details if you are confused.

Install Python Install Manager. This will install Python3.14 automatically
- Choose y when prompted to add commands directory to your PATH
- Cho0se y when prompted to install the CPython runtime
Run py install 3.12 in a shell
Check that python3.12 was installed

Note

You may or may not have to remove the deprecated ‘Python Launcher’ from your system

Then install python3.12 using the Python Install Manager by running the following command in a command prompt shell (CMD).

py install 3.12

See the following gif for details if you are confused.

Check that python3.12 was installed correctly by running the following in a shell:

python3.12 --version
# Python 3.12.10

which should report Python 3.12.10.

Install like you would any program. If you are confused see the following gif for details.