Installing Twilio on a Mac
Installing Twilio On your Mac (5-10 minutes install time)
Installing Twilio on a Mac
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Press ⌘+Space to open spotlight. Then type ‘terminal’ and select the top hit.
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Once Terminal is open, you should see a window like the one to the right.
Installing Twilio on a Mac
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In the terminal, enter the command sudo easy_install twilio to install twilio.
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When prompted, enter your system password (the same one you use to log in). Then wait for the installation to complete.
Installing Twilio on a Mac
5
To confirm your Twilio installation was successful, reopen IDLE. If IDLE is already open, you need to close and reopen it.
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Once IDLE is reopened, enter the following commands in the Shell window (in front of the >>> prompt): import twilio print(twilio.__version__) Note: The second line has two underscores (_), followed by the word version, followed by two more underscores. If a version number is displayed, the install was successful!
Hooray, you’re DONE! Time for a robot dance party.
Installing Twilio on a Mac
1
Press ⌘+Space to open spotlight. Then type ‘terminal’ and select the top hit.
2
Once Terminal is open, you should see a window like the one to the right.
Installing Twilio on a Mac
3
In the terminal, enter the command sudo easy_install twilio to install twilio.
4
When prompted, enter your system password (the same one you use to log in). Then wait for the installation to complete.
Installing Twilio on a Mac
5
To confirm your Twilio installation was successful, reopen IDLE. If IDLE is already open, you need to close and reopen it.
6
Once IDLE is reopened, enter the following commands in the Shell window (in front of the >>> prompt): import twilio print(twilio.__version__) Note: The second line has two underscores (_), followed by the word version, followed by two more underscores. If a version number is displayed, the install was successful!
Hooray, you’re DONE! Time for a robot dance party.
