theengineear / python-box

Use with Vagrant/VirtualBox to set up python environments with pyenv.

Yay boxes

Step 1

Create the directory you want to have your virtual machine in. Mines here:

~/vms/python-tests

Step 2

Change a line in the Vagrantfile in your local copy of this repo:

config.vm.synced_folder "/Users/ee/PyCharmProjects/python-api", "/home/python-api"

So that this "/Users/ee/PyCharmProjects/python-api" is pointing to your python-api directory for the plotly/python-api repo on your local (host) machine. This is going to get shared with the guest (vagrant) machine.

Step 3

cd into the directory you created in "Step 1" and run:

vagrant up

Step 4

ssh into the new VM you just created when that finishes

vagrant ssh

Step 5

source the setup script provided (don't just chmod/run!)

source /vagrant/setup

Step 6

wait... this might take a little bit, it needs to install a bunch of stuff when this finishes, you'll have a nice pyenv setup ready and waiting for you. to see what versions of python exist run:

pyenv versions

you switch between versions by exporting changes to the PYENV_VERSION variable like so:

export PYENV_VERSION=3.4.1

Step 7

you're done! note that plotly's not installed yet, you'll need to either pip install yourself, or, if you want to make sure everything worked... (a good idea) source the test script!

source /vagrant/test

Step 8 (contingent on Step 7)

run:

cat test_log.txt

make sure that there aren't any errors!