DataONE Client Library for Python

First, install DataONE Common Library for Python according to the instructions in the documentation for that project. It is a dependency of DataONE Client Library for Python.

The distribution of DataONE Common Library for Python is best installed using easy_install.

$ sudo easy_install DataONE_ClientLib

The distribution of DataONE Common Library for Python is currently

Subversion based. This makes it easy to keep up to date with changes. A package will be released at some point in the future once things stabilize a bit.

Install Subversion:

$ sudo apt-get install subversion

Install DataONE Client Library for Python

To set the library up in /var/local/dataone/d1_client_python using Bash (which is often the default shell):

$ sudo -s
# cd /var/local/dataone
# svn co https://repository.dataone.org/software/cicore/trunk/d1_libclient_python d1_libclient_python
# cd d1_libclient_python/src/
# python setup.py develop

To update your copy of the library:

$ cd /var/local/dataone/d1_client_python
$ svn update