Installation

Windows

For Windows, you can get the latest release directly from the github releases page.

You should now be good to go. Proceed to usage.

Development Install

### Dependencies - [Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/) >=3.10 Run in PowerShell:

python3 -m venv venv         # Create a virtual environment somewhere to avoid system dependency conflicts
.\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1  # Activate the virtual environment
python3 -m pip install hydrusvideodeduplicator

You should now be good to go. Proceed to [usage.](./usage.md) > Note: Any time you want to run the program again you will have to run the command to activate the virtual environment first.

Linux

The following instructions are written for Ubuntu, but should be similar for most distros.

Dependencies

Python >=3.10

Steps

Update system packages:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Install dependencies:
```
sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip
```

Create and activate a virtual environment:

python3 -m venv venv      # Create a virtual environment to avoid system dependency conflicts
source venv/bin/activate  # Activate the virtual environment

Install the program:
```
pip install hydrusvideodeduplicator
```

You should now be good to go. Proceed to usage.

Note: Any time you want to run the program again you will have to run the command to activate the virtual environment first.

macos

Same directions as Linux but using your preferred package manager for dependencies e.g. brew.