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@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ to the Python user install directory
# this will install only the very basic dependencies
$ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
-or, system-wide
+or into a virtual environment
::
# this will install only the very basic dependencies
- $ sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+ $ python3 -m venv <path_to_venv>
+ $ source <path_to_venv>/bin/activate
+ $ pip install -r requirements
Depending on your intended use case for lcitool you can pick which dependencies
you need to have installed, e.g.