cherrypy Getting started with cherrypy Installation instructions

Example

Preconditions

• These instructions suppose you have any type of Linux, Unix, Mac with bash or Git-bash Windows.
• Windows: Download and install Git-bash for Windows, then execute 'bash' from command line.
• Other shells than bash are fine too, just replace the activate command below with activate.csh or Google: "virtualenv activate your-shell-name".

Before you start, check that Python, virtualenv and pip are installed:

• $ python --version
• $ virtualenv --version
• $ pip --version

Install

Create a directory with your web/app, create environment and install CherryPy package.

• $ mkdir /develop/myapp/
• $ cd /develop/myapp/
• $ virtualenv venv
• $ source venv/bin/activate
  • On Windows in Git-bash: $ source venv/Scripts/activate
• (venv) $ pip install cherrypy
• (venv) $ python

Python 3.5.2 ...
>>> import cherrypy
>>> cherrypy
<module 'cherrypy' from '... venv/site-packages/cherrypy/__init__.py'>

Congratulations! Now you are ready for your first CherryPy application.