drake_pip

Python Project with Drake Installed from Pip

This installs Drake using pip, the Python package manager.

Instructions

Follow the setup instructions for Ubuntu or Mac OS.

See Installation via Pip for more information on installation.

Ubuntu Setup

If on Ubuntu, first install the required packages:

setup/install_prereqs

This script will also run setup/setup_env, which creates the virtual environment for this project and installs Drake.

To start programming, simply activate the environment by calling:

source env/bin/activate

Mac Setup

If on Mac OS X, simply ensure the correct version of Python is installed from Homebrew by referring to the Supported Configurations.

Then, run the following script to create the virtual environment for this project and install Drake:

setup/setup_env

Note: If you have multiple versions of Python installed, you can specify the correct version as an optional argument to the script. For example, to use python3.14, call:

setup/setup_env --python-version 3.14

Refer to the Drake installation documentation for the versions of Python officially supported on each OS when installing via PyPI.

To start programming, simply activate the environment by calling:

source env/bin/activate

Examples

To run the particle example tests in this directory, navigate to src and call the test file to execute the unit tests:

cd src
python3 particle_test.py

For more information on what's available for Drake in Python, see Using Drake from Python and the Python API pydrake.