lute3

lute3

Learning Using Texts v3.

Lute is for learning foreign languages through reading. lute3 is a rewrite of the original Lute PHP application in Python and Flask. See the Lute manual for more detail, and notes about installation.

Requirements

Python 3.8+ (tested with python 3.8 through 3.11)

Japanese learners will also need to install MeCab.

Install

lute3 installs various dependencies, so you should install it in a virtual environment. For example, using venv:

Create a new folder (e.g. lute3) anywhere on your system.

# Set up the virtual environment
python3.8 -m venv myenv

# Activate it (Mac or *nix)
source myenv/bin/activate

# (on Windows: myenv\Scripts\activate)

# Install everything.  Note the package name is lute3!
pip install lute3

# Start lute
python -m lute.main

# Open your web browser to http://localhost:5001
# When done, hit Ctl-C

# Stop the virtual environment.
deactivate

Once everything is installed, for future runs you'll just need to go into lute3 folder created above and:

source myenv/bin/activate
python -m lute.main