Installation
Installing under VS Code
You will need two things for this extension (three for Windows users):
Perl, for Windows users
First, download and install VS Code. The suggested way to install this VS Code extension is
from the VS Code marketplace. Simply open the Extensions tab (or press CTRL/CMD + SHIFT + X) after opening VS Code and search
for BioNetGen. This package will show up, click install. If
this step doesn’t work, please make sure you have the latest version.
Next, you will need Python installed, and you need to have your terminal environment set correctly. We recommend
anaconda python. Download and install anaconda python.
During the installation, we recommend adding Anaconda to your PATH environment variable when given the option.
In VS Code, open a new terminal (CTRL/CMD + ` or under Terminal -> New Terminal) and test if you have access to Python package manager pip (by running pip -h, for example).
If you don’t, you need to setup your environment so that the terminal has access to pip; this is OS dependent and there are various
guides you can find online.
Windows users should also install Perl at this point if not already installed. You can use conda install -c conda-forge perl to do this.
Finally, open a .bngl file in VS Code; this should check if the extension is installed, and will automatically install it if not. Once complete, make sure it’s installed correctly by
running bionetgen -h. If this doesn’t work, you can open the command palette (CTRL/CMD + SHIFT + P) and run the BNG setup command.
Alternatively, you can open a terminal and run the install command (pip install bionetgen) yourself.
Additional Setup Advice
You may need to specify which installation of Python that VS Code uses.
To do so, open the command palette (CTRL/CMD + SHIFT + P) and select the command Python: Select Interpreter, which will allow you to make your selection.