2.3.2 Installing OSI for Python on Linux

Prerequisites

  • You have installed pip3.

  • You have installed python-setuptools.

  • You have installed protobuf.

  • For a 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. Switch to 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.

    1. Local installation

      pip3 install .

    2. Global installation

      sudo pip3 install .