Installation for Linux:

Plotman assumes that a functioning Chia installation is present on the system.

1. Activate your chia environment by typing source /path/to/your/chia/install/activate or if you followed the default Chia Install instructions, go to /home/[user]/chia-blockchain and enter source ./activate in your terminal.

2. Then, install Plotman using the following command:

   $ pip install --force-reinstall git+https://github.com/ericaltendorf/plotman@main
   

3. Plotman will look for plotman.yaml within your computer at an OS-based default location. To create a default plotman.yaml and display its location, run the following command:

   $ plotman config generate
   

The default configuration file used as a starting point is available in the repository.

That's it! You can now run Plotman by typing plotman version to verify its version. Run plotman --help to learn about the available commands. plotman plot will start plotting... but read plotman --help first.

Development note:

If you are forking Plotman, simply replace the installation step with pip install --editable .[dev] from the project root directory to install your version of plotman with test and development extras.