# Installation

Of the Pepper Robot Interface on Windows.

Install Python 2.7.18 from [the Python website](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2718/), choose the x86-64 installer (at the bottom of the page).

To see if it worked:

```shell
py -2 -V
```

Which should return `Python 2.7.18`.

Next, `cd` into this repository and create (and activate) a virtual environment:

```bash
cd <path to project>/
py -2 -m pip install virtualenv
py -2 -m virtualenv .venv
.\.venv\Scripts\activate
```

Install the required packages with

```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

Now we need to install the NaoQi SDK into our virtual environment, which we need to do manually. Download the SDK from [Aldebaran](https://community-static.aldebaran.com/resources/2.5.5/sdk-python/pynaoqi-python2.7-2.5.5.5-win32-vs2013.zip), [Web Archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20240120111043/https://community-static.aldebaran.com/resources/2.5.5/sdk-python/pynaoqi-python2.7-2.5.5.5-win32-vs2013.zip) or [twirre.io](https://twirre.io/files/pynaoqi-python2.7-2.8.6.23-win64-vs2015-20191127_152649.zip).

Extract to `.\.venv\Lib\site-packages`.

Create a file `.venv\Lib\site-packages\pynaoqi-python2.7.pth`, put the full path of `pynaoqi-python2.7-2.8.6.23-win64-vs2015-20191127_152649\lib\python2.7\Lib\site-packages` in there.

Test if it worked by running:

```bash
python -c "import qi; print(qi)"
```

You should now be able to run this project.

See the README for how to run.