Platform-specific instructions: Windows

There are two different ways to install Expyriment on Windows.

Using PyPi (recommended)

1. Install Python 2.7.10 (during installation, also select “Add python.exe to Path”!)

2. Install Pygame

3. In a command prompt, run

   python -m pip install --upgrade pip
   python -m pip install --upgrade expyriment
   

For the additional packages (optional):

4. Install NumPy

5. In a command prompt, run

   python -m pip install pyserial
   

6. Install Inpout32 or dlportio

Manually (alternative)

1. Install Python 2.7.10

2. Install Pygame

3. Install PyOpenGL

4. Download expyriment-0.8.0-py2-none-any.whl from the release page and install it in a command prompt with

   python -m pip install expyriment-0.8.0-py2-none-any.whl
   

For the additional packages (optional):

5. Install Numpy

6. Install PySerial

   python setup.py install
   

7. Install Inpout32 or dlportio

Notes

Make sure python.exe is in your Path

If you get an an error that ‘python’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file, Windows does not know where to find the Python interpreter. To fix this, add python.exe to the Path, as described here.

Do not start your experiments out of IDLE when testing participants

If you are using the IDLE editor that comes with the Python installation, be aware that IDLE itself is written in Python. Starting your Expyriment programme out of IDLE (by clicking on “Run” or by pressing F5), might thus lead to improper timing!

We therefore strongly suggest to run Expyriment programmes from the command line when testing participants.