• Miniconda is a free minimal installer for conda. It is a small, bootstrap version of Anaconda that includes only conda, Python, the packages they depend on, and a small number of other useful packages, including pip, zlib and a few others.
• Use miniconda to create a virtual environment with specific Python version. Prefix mini- stand for simplified version of conda.
• Install necessary packages (for WPC Python driver) via pip in miniconda.
• Follow six-step guide below to install miniconda and build virtual environment.

• Link: https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html
• Choose Miniconda3 Windows 64-bit with Windows platform.

• Choose Just Me (recommended)

• Do not click Add Miniconda3 to my PATH environment variable

• Open Anaconda Prompt (miniconda3) and run it as administrator.

$ conda create --name <myenv> python=<a.b>  

• <myenv>is environment name you want to create, <a.b>is preferred python version.
• For example: If I want to create myenv310 environment with python version 3.10.

conda create --name myenv310 python=3.10

• Press y in console and starting environment installation.

• If you see these messages on the screen, it means installation successfully.

• Warning: By default, your environment is in base, you have to switch your environment to myenv310 manually.
• Activate environment myenv310.

$ conda activate <myenv>

conda activate myenv310

Install wpcsys using pip:

$ pip install wpcsys

 $ pip list -v