setup/macOS_setup.txt

Instructions to setup your virtual environment using pyenv on macOS:

1. Install Homebrew:
    Documentation found at: https://brew.sh/

2. Install pyenv:
    xcode-select --install
    brew install openssl readline sqlite3 xz zlib
    brew update
    brew install pyenv

3. Add the pyenv to your $PATH (if you are not using zsh as a shell, you have to change ~/.zshrc accordingly):
    echo 'eval "$(pyenv init --path)"' >> ~/.zshrc

4. Install Python Version 3.10.9:
    pyenv install 3.10.9

5. Clone this repository:
    git clone https://github.com/GeorgiosIoannouCoder/realesrgan.git

6. Navigate to the cloned repository folder:
    cd realesrgan

7. Use the installed Python version in the cloned repository folder:
    pyenv local 3.10.9

8. Create virtual environment in the cloned repository folder:
    python -m venv .realesrgan-venv

9. Activate the virtual environment:
    source .realesrgan-venv/bin/activate

10. Install the dependencies listed in the requirements.txt file:
    pip install -r requirements.txt

11. Run streamlit:
    streamlit run app.py