Install DukeDSClient under Windows

Overview

The most reliable way to install DukeDSClient on Windows is using a python virtual environment.

Steps

• Download and Install Python
• Create a Virtual Environment
• Create a Shortcut to the Virtual Environment
• Install DukeDSClient in the Virtual Environment

Download and Install Python

Download Python

Go to https://www.python.org/downloads/ and click the Download Python button.

Install Python

Run the Python Installer using the default options.

Create a Virtual Environment

Open Windows Command Prompt

• Click search in the taskbar
• Type "cmd" into the box
• Select the "Command Prompt" App

Create a Virtual Environment

Within the command prompt window type the following command to create a virtual environment named dds:

py -3 -m venv %HOMEPATH%\dds

If you receive a Command Not Found error for the above command use this command instead:

python3 -m venv %HOMEPATH%\dds

Close the terminal

Create a Shortcut to the Virtual Environment

The shortcut will activate the virtual environment and setup unicode support for the command prompt.

• Right-click on your desktop, choose New -> Shortcut
• Enter C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /K %HOMEPATH%\dds\Scripts\activate && CHCP 65001 && set PYTHONIOENCODING=UTF-8 for the shortcut location
• Click Next
• Enter DukeDSClient-Terminal for the shortcut name
• Click Finish
• Right-Click the DukeDSClient-Terminal shortcut
• Click Properties
• Enter %HOMEPATH% in the Start In field

Install DukeDSClient in the Virtual Environment

Double-click your DukeDSClient-Terminal desktop shortcut.

In the Command Prompt window install DukeDSClient using the following command:

pip3 install --upgrade DukeDSClient