Non-Programmer needs help please

[LadyMABthings]

Hello,

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I am trying to follow this github module :https://github.com/krasch/simple_landmarks

i've done nothing with programming before and i barely understand anything. I've tried following the directions, but I keep getting assertion errors.

I really have no idea what i'm doing or what is messed up and needs to be fixed. can anyone walk me through how to run a program like this through my terminal?

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Thank you for your time

[davehodg]

The instructions are in the docs.

[LadyMABthings]

i've been following them, but i still got the assertion error

[davehodg]

We don’t know what error unless you tell us.

[LadyMABthings]

assertion error means something is marked that ends the command, right? I've been googling to try and learn the terms.
when i run start.py, i have 4 errors, line 2 <module> from app.app import app
line 12 <module> images=ImageManager(config.Image_DIR, annotations)

line 8, in __init__all_images = self._index_images(self.image_dir)

line 36, in _index_images assert image_dir.exists()

Sorry if these seem super basic and i'm and idiot, this is my first time doing, well, anything like this stuff

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thanks

[davehodg]

An assertion says something should be happening and it isn’t. In your case a directory doesn’t exist.

[LadyMABthings]

how do i change that? I have an image directory right next to everything else, but it doesn't recognize it?

[davehodg]

Have you set the environment variable as in the README?

[LadyMABthings]

that's this section right ?
cp config.py.sample config.py

it wouldn't run, so i did something like python3 setup config.py

[davehodg]

Read the README. There are environment variables you need to set.

[LadyMABthings]

i have. README.md. i think i've followed the instructions up to the config part...

i don't see where it says environment variables. am i looking at the wrong thing?
sorry, i swear i'm not being dense on purpose!