Installation

Installing Using Pip

Installing Engineer is easy using pip. Simply run the following command:

pip install engineer

This will install the most recent released version of Engineer, which is version 0.5.1.

Installing from Source

Installing the Release Version from Source

If you’d prefer to install the current release version of Engineer (v|version|) directly from the source, you have a couple of options. First, you can install directly from the GitHub repository using the following command:

pip install -e git+https://github.com/tylerbutler/engineer.git#egg=engineer

This will check out the latest files from the master (release) branch GitHub directly and install the package and all dependencies. Of course, you can also fork the repository and check out your own copy using the same approach.

Alternatively, you can download the source, unzip/untar it somewhere on your local hard drive, then run setup.py:

python setup.py install

Installing the In-Development Version from Source

If you’re looking to install the in-development version of Engineer, then you can use the same methods covered above. Using pip, the command must be changed slightly:

pip install -e git+https://github.com/tylerbutler/engineer.git@dev#egg=engineer

If you download the Engineer source or clone the repository yourself, make sure you get the dev branch contents.

Note

If you install Engineer from source using either of these methods, you should ensure you’re looking at the most recent version of this documentation that corresponds to the in-development version of Engineer. You can find that version of the documentation at https://engineer.readthedocs.org/en/latest/.

Creating a New Site

After installation, you can use the engineer init command to initialize a new site with some sample content and config files. Check the Engineer Commandline reference for more details about all the commands available, or read Getting Started if you’re new to Engineer.