# py-libp2p ## Development py-libp2p requires Python 3.6 and the best way to guarantee a clean Python 3.6 environment is with [`virtualenv`](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/) ```sh virtualenv -p python3.6 venv . venv/bin/activate pip install -r requirements.txt ``` ## Testing After installing our requirements (see above), you can: ```sh cd tests pytest ```