## Deprecated
This Python code is being phased out and replaced with https://github.com/rpi-ws281x/rpi-ws281x-python
If you're just looking to install the Python library, you can: `sudo pip install rpi_ws281x` or `sudo pip3 install rpi_ws281x` depending on your Python version of choice or find releases here: https://github.com/rpi-ws281x/rpi-ws281x-python/releases
For issues and bugs with (or contributions to) the Python library, please see: https://github.com/rpi-ws281x/rpi-ws281x-python/issues
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## Build
As this is just a python wrapper for the library you must first follow
the build instructions in the parent directory.
When complete, you can build this python wrapper:
```
sudo apt-get install python-dev swig
python ./setup.py build
```
If you are rebuilding after fetching some updated commits, you might need to
remove the build directory first
```
rm -rf ./build
```
## Install
If you want to install the library (in a virtualenv or in the system), so that you can `import neopixel` from anywhere, you need to run:
```
python ./setup.py install
```
Depending on where you are installing, root privileges may be needed (prepend `sudo` to the install command).
## Run a demo
```
sudo PYTHONPATH=".:build/lib.linux-armv7l-2.7" python examples/strandtest.py
```
If you installed the library, there is no need to specify `PYTHONPATH`:
```
sudo python examples/strandtest.py
```