Wednesware Nitrogen

Easy, ultra-lightweight installer for Wednesware publications.

This publication does not require Wednesware Magnesium to run, and includes small.

Installation methods:

From PyPI via pipx (recommended, global install, run with n2):

• pipx install wwn

From PyPI via pip (virtual environment or global install, run with n2):

• pip install wwn
• Note: You may need to create a virtual environment for this method first on some machines. Learn how to do this here.

From GitHub via terminal (local install, run with python -m nitrogen.nitrogen):

• git clone https://github.com/Wednesware/Nitrogen.git nitrogen

From Github via browser (local install, run with python -m nitrogen.nitrogen):

• Click here to install the latest Nitrogen release as a zip file or click here to browse releases.
• Unpack using bsdtar -xf nitrogen.zip

Upgrade methods:

From PyPI

• pip install wwn --upgrade

Usage:

• n2 get <publication> [release (latest by default)] [get subdependencies? (y/n)] - Download a Wednesware publication from GitHub.
  • Example usage: n2 get magnesium 26.3 n (installs Magnesium release 26.3 to ww/mg26_3. Will not install sub-dependencies.)
  • Example usage: n2 get helium latest y (installs Magnesium's latest release' to ww/mg. Will also install sub-dependencies.)
  • Tip: you can use the chemical symbol for all publications to get them faster. Example: n2 get mg 26.3 n
• n2 rm <publication> [release (all by default)] - Delete all releases or a specific release of a publication from the current directory.
  • Example usage: n2 rm magnesium 26.3 (deletes ./magnesium26_3 and ./mg26_3 only if present)
  • Or: n2 rm magnesium (deletes all files in . matching magnesium* or mg*)
  • Tip: you can use chemical symbols here too.
• n2 getdep [path] - Smart-install all dependencies from a .nitrodep file.
• Example usage: n2 getdep helium (installs all dependencies required by Helium)
• n2 help - Prints a formatted help message to the terminal.