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-The Python SDK provides a generic set of wrappers so you can make API calls easily. It performs some validation before connecting to the API server: for example, it refuses to do an API call if a required parameter is missing.
-
-The library also includes some conveniences for use in Crunch scripts; see "Crunch utility libraries":crunch-utility-libraries.html for details.
+The Python SDK provides access from Python to the Arvados API and Keep. It also includes a number of command line tools for using and administering Arvados and Keep, and some conveniences for use in Crunch scripts; see "Crunch utility libraries":crunch-utility-libraries.html for details.
h3. Installation
First, "add the appropriate package repository for your distribution":{{ site.baseurl }}/install/install-manual-prerequisites.html#repos.
-{% include 'note_python27_sc' %}
+{% assign rh_version = "6" %}
+{% include 'note_python_sc' %}
-On Debian-based systems:
+On CentOS 6 and RHEL 6:
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-<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo apt-get install python-arvados-python-client</code>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo yum install python27-python-arvados-python-client</code>
</code></pre>
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-On Red Hat-based systems:
+On other Red Hat-based systems:
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-<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo yum install python27-python-arvados-python-client</code>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo yum install python-arvados-python-client</code>
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
+
+On Debian-based systems:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo apt-get install python-arvados-python-client</code>
</code></pre>
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<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">git clone https://github.com/curoverse/arvados.git</span>
~$ <span class="userinput">cd arvados/sdk/python</span>
-~$ <span class="userinput">python2.7 setup.py install</span>
+~/arvados/sdk/python$ <span class="userinput">python2.7 setup.py install</span>
</code></pre>
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