This package has been created for use in the Fu lab at UW. It contains simple functions that make our every day coding easier.

To simply install: (open cmd with administrator privileges) (cd to the directory setup.py resides (might need to change the disk from C:\ to e.g. D:\ by typing d: )) pip install dist/functions26-0.1.4.1.tar.gz

An additional dependency might need to be installed with the commands: pip install ./downloaded_dependencies/sif_reader-master.zip pip install pyserial

When you make changes here, make sure to run the following commands to update the package: (open cmd with administrator privileges) (cd to the directory setup.py resides (might need to change the disk from C:\ to e.g. D:\ by typing d: )) python -m setup.py sdist bdist_wheel python -m pip install dist/functions26-0.1.4.1.tar.gz python -m setup.py sdist bdist_wheel & python -m pip install dist/functions26-0.1.4.1.tar.gz

The files to modify are in the functions26 The old versions are in the useful_functions_package_outdated folder (parallel to functions26_package) the recent old versions are under the folder dist with name with name useful_functions-[version].tar.gz for versions 0.0.3 and above the even older versions are under folder dist, with name useful_functions-[version].tar.gz for versions 0.0.3 and below

For Windows: Sometimes you should use py, instead of python in a command Sometimes you need to add -m (i.e. py -m pip install ...)