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h1. Install client libraries

h3. Python

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The Python package includes the Python API client library module and the CLI utilities @arv-get@ and @arv-put@.
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Get the arvados source tree.

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git clone git://git.clinicalfuture.com/arvados.git
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Build and install the python package.

<pre>
cd arvados/sdk/python
sudo python setup.py install
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Alternatively, build the package (without sudo) using @python setup.py bdist_egg@ and copy the @.egg@ package from @dist/@ to the target system.

h3. Ruby

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The arvados package includes the Ruby client library module. The arvados-cli package includes the CLI utilities @arv@, @arv-run-pipeline-instance@, and @crunch-job@.
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<pre>
sudo gem install arvados arvados-cli
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