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Recommend DLS users to not use $HOME #127

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### Install Python

:::{Note}
**DLS Users**: use `module load python/3.11`
**DLS Users**: for this step just use `module load python/3.11`
:::

Go ahead and install Python 3.10 or later. 3.11 is recommended as this is the
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There are instructions for installing Python on all platforms here:
<https://docs.python-guide.org/starting/installation/>

### Setup virtual environment


Once you have python set up a virtual environment for your epics-containers
work. In the examples we will use `$HOME/ec-venv` as the virtual environment
but you can choose any folder.

:::{Note}
**DLS Users**: As `$HOME` is a network drive it has an 8GB limit, consider other locations such as `/dls/science/` or `/scratch/`. Read more [here]([url](https://gitlab.diamond.ac.uk/sscc-docs/developer-guide/-/issues/13))
:::

```bash
python -m venv $HOME/ec-venv
source $HOME/ec-venv/bin/activate
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