Hey Sherlock Devs, Please Update the install directions because they are really bad. (How to install Sherlock in 2023) #1663
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As of 1/14/2023, the installation direction are just this;
This is the homepage
These steps and requirements are missing CRUCIAL details and even contain misinformation.
For one, nowhere does it make clear that you need to allow python to update your PATH / environment system variables during installation (or manually if you know how). This is a requirement for Sherlock to work, but nowhere does it make that clear. If
This picture shows the box that needs to be checked manually (it is automatically unchecked).
Another requirement is to have GIT installed (not to be confused with GitPython) because GIT allows the first command in the installation steps to be possible. I only realized this because the first command has "git" in it but if you aren't familiar with this ahead of time then you can only find out by digging through the project discussions. You can download it here; https://git-scm.com/
However the WORST oversight is the fact that the Windows10 Python DOESN'T WORK with these commands
In the old days, python would be awakened by typing
python
orpython3
and then adding argumentsIn other words, the command
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
would indeed work back then.BUT IT DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE!
The command to awake python has been changed to
py
in the latest versionsSo the old command in the Installation directions won't work anymore because it has
python3
in it.You must instead type
py -m pip install -r requirements.txt
The installation section should be changed to clarify that;
py -m pip install -r requirements.txt
If you are using newest Python (3.10+)(Alternatively, you can just suggest to try
py -m pip install -r requirements.txt
ifpython3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
isn't working).Thank you for coming to my ted talk.
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