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