Open up a terminal and see if python is installed by running the following snippet python --version. If it shows 3.8, you're good to go!
Otherwise you can install python using your local package manager, make sure you install 3.8, as some libraries don't work well with 3.9 yet.
The two dependencies that I needed to install on Linux for my testdrive were 'TK' and 'portaudio'.
Now download the zip of this github repository and save it somewhere on your computer. It doesn't need to be in program files or anything, it can just be on your Desktop.
Extract the files in another folder and you can start testing the settings menu.
Now, make sure to go to your Parrot.py location, in my case that is the desktop. So it should be in cd ~/Desktop/parrot.py-master
Make sure that you can see the requirements-posix.txt file if you run the ls command, that means you're in the right place!
While it is possible to installthe python packages directly using pip install, it is recommended to make a pipenv first because it will be easier to remove stuff. To do this, run the following commands:
pip install pipenv
pipenv --python 3.8
With your terminal in the right place, it is time to download and install all the required libraries. Run the following code in your terminal to install them all.
pipenv install -r requirements-posix.txtAfter this, enter the pipenv using pipenv shell
Now you can run the following command to see if everything works
python settings.pyIf any errors occur, try opening the requirements-posix.txt file and installing each line seperately and run again.
Exiting the pipenv is as simple as entering exit in the shell or pressing Ctrl-D
In order to run Parrot.py from your pipenv, you first have to enter it using pipenv shell, after this, you can run python play.py.
Additional optional steps can be found on the Windows installation page.