Thanks a lot Peter and eryk for these very clear explanations. I was able to install successfully using pip and run the program. Best, Matthias
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> wrote: > > > > python -m pip install timesheet > > > > on the commandline should take care of the details. On my (Linux) machine > > this also installed a script that I can invoke on the command line with > > > > $ timesheet start foo bar > > Started task: > > Subject foo > > Title bar > > Start 2016-10-14 18:49 > > End > > Duration 00:00 > > $ > > > > If that does not work on Windows there's probably a Windows user who knows > > what to try instead. > > I haven't used this package before, but I can attest that the wheel > and its dependencies do install without error on Windows, and it > appears to be working. > > It says it supports Python 3, but I discovered it has a raw_input call > in the implementation of its start command. So I suggest using Python > 2 instead. > > The installation creates a timesheet.exe script wrapper in Python's > "Scripts" folder. Unless you're using a virtual environment, you'll > have to add this directory to the PATH environment variable to run > timesheet from the command line. > > Running timesheet warns about a missing configuration file, > "%LOCALAPPDATA%\timesheetrc" (expanded for your %LOCALAPPDATA% > directory). I created this as an empty file to avoid the warning. > > If you need to back up or delete the timesheet database, it's located > at "%LOCALAPPDATA%\timesheet\timesheet.sqlite". > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor