Discovery Companion application
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      Install the Discovery Companion application

      The Discovery Companion is a Python package. It is available here. 

      Prerequisites

      To be able to install and use the Discovery Companion, please have Python installed (Minimal version: 3.8 - Maximal version: 3.10).

      To execute the commands with Powershell, you need to use at least Powershell version 7 provided by Microsoft. If you would like to install the latest version, please check here.

      Check Python version

      If Python is already installed, check the version:

      • Open Windows Powershell (or equivalent)
      • Execute the following command:
      python --version
      • The result should be >= to 3.8 and <=3.10. For example, here we have version 3.10.9 installed:

      Continue to the next section if you need to install Python; otherwise, skip ahead to the following section.

      Install Python

      • Open the official Python website in your web browser
      • Navigate to the Downloads tab for Windows (or another operation system)
      •  Download the latest 64bit version  
      • Launch the installer
      • Check the Install launcher for all user's checkboxes. You may check the Add Python X.X to path check box to include the interpreter in the execution path
      •  Select Customize installation 
      •  Choose the optional features by checking the following checkboxes: 
      •  Click Next, then Install
      •  Check that the path has been added to the PATH in the Environment variables:
         
      • Check the installation by executing the following command:
      python --version
      • The result should display the Python version that you just installed

      Install the Discovery Companion application

      • Open Windows Powershell (or equivalent)
      • Execute the following command:
      pip install bgdiscovery
      • You should have the following result at the end:
      • You can check the package version by executing the following command:
      pip show bgdiscovery
      • You should have the following effect:

      You can now start using the Discovery Companion.

      Update

      If you have already installed the Discovery Companion and want to update to the last available version, execute the following command:

      pip install --upgrade bgdiscovery

      Demonstration video