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If you are logged in to an Arvados VM, the @arv@ tool should be installed.

To use @arv@ elsewhere, you can either install the @arvados-cli@ gem via RubyGems or build and install the package from source.

h4. Prerequisites: Ruby >= 2.1.0 and curl libraries

Make sure you have "Ruby and bundler":{{site.baseurl}}/install/install-manual-prerequisites-ruby.html installed.

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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h4. Option 1: install with RubyGems

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$ <code class="userinput">sudo gem install arvados-cli</code>
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h4. 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>
$ <code class="userinput">gem build arvados-cli.gemspec</code>
$ <code class="userinput">sudo gem install arvados-cli-*.gem</code>
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