2.3.3 Installing OSI for Python on Linux

2.3.3.1 Installing from PyPI

Steps

Open a terminal.
Optionally create and activate a new virtual environment.
```
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
```
Install Open Simulation Interface.
```
pip install open-simulation-interface
```

*Prerequisites

You have installed everything described in Section 2.3.1, "Installing protobuf for static / dynamic linking".
You have installed pip.

Steps

Clone the Open Simulation repository.

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

Switch to the repository directory.
```
cd open-simulation-interface
```
Optionally create and activate a new virtual environment.
```
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
```
Install Open Simulation Interface.
1. Local installation
  pip install .
2. Global installation
  sudo pip install .