Alternative Way to Launch the Executable

In addition to launching the graphical user interface by downloading the correct file, and running it via double click, users can always launch the program via terminal.

You may want to run the program via terminal for several reasons.

Follow these steps to launch the program via terminal:

1. Download python 3.9 or higher

2. Git clone the master branch of the CRIPT Excel Uploader repository

   git clone https://github.com/C-Accel-CRIPT/cript-excel-uploader.git
   

3. Navigate to the repository that was just cloned

   cd cript-excel-uploader
   

4. Create virtual environment for needed dependencies

   Windows Mac & Linux

   python -m venv .\venv
   

   python3 -m venv ./venv
   

5. Activate virtual environment

   Windows Mac & Linux

   .\venv\Scripts\activate
   

   source venv/bin/activate
   

6. Install needed dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

7. Navigate to directory

   Windows Mac & Linux

   cd .\src\
   

   cd src/
   

8. Run the GUI

   Windows Mac & Linux

   python gui_main.py
   

   python3 gui_main.py
   

The CRIPT Excel Uploader graphical user interface should now be running