installing_linux_python.adoc

Installing OSI for Python on Linux

Prerequisites

• You have installed pip3.

• You have installed python-setuptools.

• You have installed protobuf.

• For local installation, you have installed virtualenv.

Steps

1. Open a terminal.

2. Clone the Open Simulation repository.

   git clone https://github.com/OpenSimulationInterface/open-simulation-interface.git

3. Change into the repository directory.

   cd open-simulation-interface

4. Create a new virtual environment.

   virtualenv -p python3 venv

5. Activate the virtual environment.

   source venv/bin/activate

6. Install Open Simulation Interface.

   Local installation

   pip3 install .

   Global installation

   sudo pip3 install .