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Expand Up @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ and ambient light color over I2C. Its available on
`Adafruit as a breakout <https://www.adafruit.com/product/3595>`_.


Dependencies
=============
Installation and Dependencies
=============================
This driver depends on:

* `Adafruit CircuitPython <https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython>`_
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This is easily achieved by downloading
`the Adafruit library and driver bundle <https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_Bundle>`_.

Installing from PyPI
--------------------

On supported GNU/Linux systems like the Raspberry Pi, you can install the driver locally `from PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/adafruit-circuitpython-apds9960/>`_. To install for current user:

.. code-block:: shell

pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-apds9960

To install system-wide (this may be required in some cases):

.. code-block:: shell

sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-apds9960

To install in a virtual environment in your current project:

.. code-block:: shell

mkdir project-name && cd project-name
python3 -m venv .env
source .env/bin/activate
pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-apds9960

Usage Example
=============

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This will output the documentation to ``docs/_build/html``. Open the index.html in your browser to
view them. It will also (due to -W) error out on any warning like Travis will. This is a good way to
locally verify it will pass.
locally verify it will pass.