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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

    python -m venv .\venv
    
    python3 -m venv ./venv
    
  5. Activate virtual environment

    .\venv\Scripts\activate
    
    source venv/bin/activate
    
  6. Install needed dependencies

    pip install -r requirements.txt
    
  7. Navigate to directory

    cd .\src\
    
    cd src/
    
  8. Run the GUI

    python gui_main.py
    
    python3 gui_main.py
    

The CRIPT Excel Uploader graphical user interface should now be running

Screenshot of CRIPT Excel Uploader GUI first screen