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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.

h3. Prerequisites: Ruby, Bundler, and curl libraries

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Install curl libraries with your system's package manager. For example, on Debian or Ubuntu:

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~$ <code class="userinput">sudo apt-get install libcurl3 libcurl3-gnutls libcurl4-openssl-dev</code>
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h3. Option 1: Install from RubyGems and PyPI

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~$ <code class="userinput">sudo -i gem install arvados-cli</code>
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~$ <code class="userinput">pip install arvados-python-client arvados-cwl-runner</code>
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h3. Option 2: Build and install from source

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~$ <code class="userinput">git clone https://github.com/curoverse/arvados.git</code>
~$ <code class="userinput">cd arvados/sdk/cli</code>
~/arvados/sdk/cli$ <code class="userinput">gem build arvados-cli.gemspec</code>
~/arvados/sdk/cli$ <code class="userinput">sudo -i gem install arvados-cli-*.gem</code>
~/arvados/sdk/cli$ <code class="userinput">cd ../python</code>
~/arvados/sdk/python$ <code class="userinput">python setup.py install</code>
~/arvados/sdk/python$ <code class="userinput">cd ../cwl</code>
~/arvados/sdk/cwl$ <code class="userinput">python setup.py install</code>
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