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Arvados CLI tools are written in Ruby and Python.  To use the @arv@ command, you can either install the @arvados-cli@ gem via RubyGems or build and install the package from source.  The @arv@ command also relies on other Arvados tools.  To get those, install the @arvados-python-client@ and @arvados-cwl-runner@ packages, either from PyPI or source.

h2. Prerequisites

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# "Install the Python SDK":../python/sdk-python.html

The SDK uses @curl@ which depends on the @libcurl@ C library.  To build the module you may have to install additional packages.  On supported versions of Debian and Ubuntu, run:

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# <span class="userinput">apt install build-essential libcurl4-openssl-dev
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h2. Install from RubyGems

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# <code class="userinput">gem install arvados-cli</code>
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