How to Install Flask with Python Selector

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This article provides a guide for how to install Flask with Python Selector for use with cPanel Shared Hosting accounts.

To install Flask with Python Selector, follow the steps below:

Register your application with Python Selector.
Connect to your server via SSH as the cPanel user where the application was created. Once connected,
Run the following command where '$cPuser' is your cPanel username, '$AppRootName' is the application name that you chose for the application root box, and '$AppVersion' is the version of Python you chose. Also see the example below.
```
source /home/$cPuser/virtualenv/$AppRootName/$AppVersion/bin/activate && cd /home/$cPuser/virtualenv/$AppRootName/
```
We can then use pip to install flask:
```
pip install flask
```

cPanel user = cptech

AppRootName = app-test

AppVersion = 3.7

source /home/cptech/virtualenv/app-test/3.7/bin/activate && cd /home/cptech/virtualenv/app-test/

You now know how to install Flask with Python Selector.

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