Installation¶
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There are different options on how to install a Python package, mostly depending on your prefered tools and what you want to do with it. The easiest way is in most cases to use pip (see below).
Requirements¶
pyDataverse officially supports Python 3.6–3.8
Python packages required:
- requests>=2.12.0
- jsonschema>=3.2.0
External packages required:
- curl (only for
replace_datafile()
necessary)
Installer requirements: setuptools
Pip¶
To install the latest release of pyDataverse from PyPI, simply run this pip command in your terminal of choice:
pip install -U pyDataverse
Source Code¶
PyDataverse is actively developed on GitHub, where the code is always available.
You can either clone the public repository:
git clone git://github.com/gdcc/pyDataverse.git
Or download the archive of the master
branch as a zip:
curl -OL https://github.com/gdcc/pyDataverse/archive/master.zip
Once you have a copy of the source, you can embed it in your own Python package:
cd pyDataverse
pip install .
Development¶
To set up your development environment, see Creating a development environment.