How to install Thonny on my system?

In order to give you a great experience when programming Thymio in Python, we have chosen Thonny as an editor. Thonny is an open source software developed by a third party; in order to let you use it with Thymio Suite, it has to be installed along with Thymio Suite and a Thymio-specific extension.

On Mac OS

Mac OS doesn’t allow us to integrate another software into our package, so you have to install Thonny manually. If Thonny is already installed on your computer, Thymio Suite will detect it and allow you to launch it. Otherwise, it will signal you to install it:

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1. Make sure you have already installed Thymio Suite.
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2. Download the Thonny package for Mac OS here . We use Thonny 3 but the more recent Thonny 4 will work as well.
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3. Install the Thymio plugin for Thonny: In Thonny, select the menu Tools>Manage Packages, type tdmclient_ty in the search box, and click the button Search on PyPI. Click the link tdmclient_ty in the result list, then the Install button below.
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On Windows

Our Installer includes Thonny, so you don’t need to do any additionnal configuration or installation.

On Linux

On Linux, you have to install Thonny manually. Thymio Suite cannot detect whether is is already installed so the installation and launch are a bit different:

Installation

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1. Make sure you have already installed Thymio Suite.
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2. Follow the installation instructions for Linux here, or use one of the third-party packages. We use Thonny 3 but the more recent Thonny 4 will work as well.
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3. Install the Thymio plugin for Thonny: In Thonny, select the menu Tools>Manage Packages, type tdmclient_ty in the search box, and click the button Search on PyPI. Click the link tdmclient_ty in the result list, then the Install button below.
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Launch

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1. Start Thymio Suite and connect a robot. Leave Thymio SUite open, either in the welcome screen or in the list of robots.
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2. Start Thonny manually.
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Congartulations! You are ready to go!