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This page details how to add the PYTHONPATH and PATH variables on the Raspberry Pi OS image from https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/operating-systems/ to use with our Python libraries, allowing you to use the libraries from your scripts from any directory on your Raspberry Pi.

Step 1: Download the Python library from our GitHub Repository and extract the library to the directory of your choice, i.e. ABElectronics_Python_Libraries/ADCPi.

Step 2: Use CD to change to the directory containing the library files.

cd ABElectronics_Python_Libraries/ADCPi

Step 3: Use the pwd command to obtain the full directory path.

pwd

This will return the full path to the directory: /home/pi/Desktop/ABElectronics_Python_Libraries/ADCPi.

Step 3 a:  We now edit the .bashrc file to include the library folder in the PATH and PYTHONPATH variables

sudo nano ~/.bashrc

Step 4:  Add the following lines to the .bashrc file at the end, and replace this demo path with the correct location on your computer.

PATH="${PATH}:/home/pi/Desktop/ABElectronics_Python_Libraries/ADCPi"
export PATH

PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:/home/pi/Desktop/ABElectronics_Python_Libraries/ADCPi"

export PYTHONPATH

Save your changes and exit the Nano editor.

Step 5: Reboot to apply the changes

sudo reboot

When your Raspberry Pi has rebooted, you will have PYTHONPATH setup for Python 2 or 3 support.

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