2. Installing Dependencies

Installing Dependencies

In this step, we will be installing python, xcode command line tools, rust and python packages that are required by the macro

NOTE: To users who are on apple chips and already have python 3.9, you need the arm64 version of python installed.

You can check via the file $(which python3.9) command. It should say "executable arm64". You can either uninstall python 3.9 or install the arm64 version

To do this, open terminal (refer to the previous step) and enter the following command:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/existancepy/bss-macro-py-easy-install/refs/heads/main/virtual-env-install)"

When downloading Xcode command line tools, the estimated download time may appear to be a few hours. This is incorrect, and the actual download time only takes a few minutes depending on your hardware.

After you have run this command, your terminal should look like this: