From 6aeca8fbe997275c16d43f493329ce64ded848e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erick <74315338+erickahmed@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:25:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions about creating a virtual enviroment and
 update dependencies auto-installer script (#16)

* Add instructions about prereq and dependency

* Add virtualenv dependency
---
 README.md       | 13 +++++++++++++
 dependencies.py |  1 +
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb2f138..8de450f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,15 @@
 # vision-engine-layer-1
 Enviroment for the object recognition engine based on Google Cloud Vision
+
+## Dependencies
+To run the script you will need to install a few dependencies.
+First update your system using your favorite package manager, then run the script ./prerequisites.py to automatically install or update all the needed packages.
+You still need to have python and pip installed and updated.
+
+If you need to add new prerequisites, it is preferable to add them as a pip packages.
+
+## Prerequisites
+You will need to create a Python virtual enviroment for each enviroment folder in the repo, using:
+```bash
+    virtualenv ENVIROMENT-NAME
+```
diff --git a/dependencies.py b/dependencies.py
index f89c436..e1f4170 100644
--- a/dependencies.py
+++ b/dependencies.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
 # List of prerequisite packages needed
+os.system("pip install virtualenv")
 os.system("python -m pip install --upgrade pip")
 os.system("pip install numpy")
 os.system("pip install opencv-python")