.. title: gevent Quickstart Guide
.. slug: gevent-quickstart-guide
.. date: 2014-08-01 18:28:44
.. tags: gevent, opensuse, python
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This is a simple list of steps on how to get started with installing
gevent on openSUSE (tested on openSUSE 13.1 with gevent 1.0.1). We'll
use virtualenv instead of a system-wide install.

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You need to have a compiler (gcc) and Python development library.

::

    [user@host ~] $ sudo zypper install gcc python-devel

Install Python 2.7 virtualenv, since
gevent 1.0.1 doesn't appear to support Python 3.

::

    [user@host ~] $ sudo zypper install python-virtualenv

Create virtual environment in your
home directory (or anywhere else you want).

::

    [user@host ~] $ virtualenv ~/virt

Activate the virtualenv.

::

    [user@host ~] $ source virt/bin/activate

Install gevent.

::

    (virt) [user@host ~] $ pip install gevent

Check it all works.

::

    (virt) [user@host ~] $ python

    Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 21 2013, 15:55:38) [GCC] on linux2
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> from gevent import sleep
    >>> sleep(2)
    >>>


When you're done deactivate the virtualenv.

::

    (virt) [user@host ~] $ deactivate

Note: I published this post originally at `gevent Quickstart Guide <https://codeghar.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/gevent-quickstart-guide/>`_. Migrated to Nikola in February 2015.