LambentLight Development Tools

The LambentLight Development Tools are a collection of Python Scripts for creating and managing the Metadata folders/repos.

Installing Python 3.7+

To use the LambentLight Development Tools, you need to install Python 3.7 or higher.

Danger

Python 3.8 crashes when used in combination with the scripts, don't use that set of versions.

  • Go to the Python Releases Website
  • Scroll down until you see Looking for a specific release?
  • Select the latest version that starts with 3.7 (right now is 3.7.6)
  • Scroll down until you see Files, and click on Windows x86-64 executable installer to download it
  • Open the file and follow the instructions to install Python

Installing the Tools

To install the LambentLight Development Tools, you just need to run the following line:

python -m pip install -U https://github.com/LambentLight/Metadata/archive/master.zip#egg=lambentlight

After that, you can check if the scripts installed correctly by running:

python -m lambentlight info