Checking everything works

Below are a couple of scripts for ensuring everything as detailed on the SETUP page works.

Go to this page, right click anywhere in the window, select save as and call it installation-test-1.py - remember where you save it!
Run it from the bash shell you set up as detailed on the SETUP page - essentially, you just need to type python installation-test-1.py
```
 $ cd path/to/where/you/downloaded/the/file
 $ python installation-test-1.py
 Passed
```
Go to this page, right click anywhere in the window, select save as and call it installation-test-2.py - remember where you save it!

Run it from the bash shell as in step 2 - essentially, you just need to type python installation-test-2.py

 $ cd path/to/where/you/downloaded/the/file
 $ python installation-test-2.py
 check virtual-shell...  pass
 ...
 Successes:

 virtual-shell Bourne Again Shell (bash) 4.2.37
 ...

Potential issues…

If you see something like:

$ python swc-installation-test-2.py
check virtual-shell...  fail
...
check for command line shell (virtual-shell) failed:
	command line shell (virtual-shell) requires at least one of the following 
	dependencies
	For instructions on installing an up-to-date version, see
	http://software-carpentry.org/setup/
	causes:
	check for Bourne Again Shell (bash) failed:
	could not find 'bash' executable for Bourne Again Shell (bash)
	For instructions on installing an up-to-date version, see
	http://software-carpentry.org/setup/
...

follow the suggestions to try and install any missing software. For additional troubleshooting information, you can use the –verbose option:

$ python swc-installation-test-2.py --verbose
check virtual-shell...  fail
...
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System information
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os.name            : posix
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