Installation¶

The Web Teaching Environment will run on Python 2.7, Python 3.4, and Python 3.5 (recommended).

Core System¶

To install the Web Teaching Environment, download the latest version from https://bitbucket.org/mhall/web-teaching-environment and install using the following command:

pip install WebTeachingEnvironment-x.y.z.tar.gz

It is recommended that you install the Web Teaching Environment into a virtual environment.

To enable the Web Teaching Environment to work, you must then install either pycryptopp (Python 2.7 only) or PyCrypto package (Python 2.7 and 3.*) to enable the use of session cookies. To install pycryptopp run:

pip install pycryptopp

To install PyCrypto run:

pip install pycrypto

Database Access¶

You will also need to install database access libraries for the database you intend to use. The Web Teaching Environment has been tested with PostgreSQL and MySQL. SQLite is not supported, as it does not provide the features required to migrate the database when the Web Teaching Environment is upgraded. Other database systems that are supported by SQLAlchemy can be used, but have not been tested.

To use PostgreSQL as the database, run:

pip install psycopg2

For MySQL run:

pip install mysql-python

After the installation has completed, move on to the Setup.