Installation

To set up a powerful integrated development environment (IDE) for Safe-DS, follow these steps:

1. Install Visual Studio Code (VS Code).
2. Install the Safe-DS extension for VS Code.

To run Safe-DS programs, you also need the Safe-DS Runner:

1. Install Python (3.11 or 3.12). Make sure to add Python to your system's PATH during installation. Verify installation by running python --version in a command line. You should get output similar to Python 3.12.2.
2. Open VS Code.
3. Open the command palette (Menu bar > View > Command Palette).
4. Type Install the Safe-DS Runner.
5. Press Enter. Installation may take a few minutes, since it downloads and installs several large libraries like PyTorch.

Updating the Safe-DS Extension

By default, VS Code automatically updates extensions. You only need to restart VS Code to apply the update.

Updating the Safe-DS Runner

You need to update the Safe-DS Runner if you see an error message like this:

Error message

The installed runner version 0.9.0 is not compatible with this version of the extension.

The installed version should match these requirements: >=0.10.0,<0.11.0. Please update to a matching version.

Click on the button "Update runner" in the error message to trigger the update process.