.. _installation_root: Requirements ============ Photons requires a UNIX-like operating system (Linux, macOS, Windows Subsystem for Linux) with Python 3.6 or newer installed. .. include:: installation.inc .. _activation: Activating the virtual environment ---------------------------------- The installation method above installs Photons into a virtual environment which needs to be activated prior to use. The activation command can be included in larger shell scripts to make the ``lifx`` utility available to those scripts. To activate the virtual environment created earlier, run:: $ source ~/.photons-core/bin/activate .. note:: Replace ``~/.photons-core`` with the location of the virtual environment, if necessary. To deactivate the virtual environment, run:: (.photons-core) $ deactivate