Installation¶
Debian/Ubuntu¶
For Debian “jessie” (currently testing) and Ubuntu 14.04, official system packages are available:
$ sudo apt-get install python-softlayer
From Source¶
The project is developed on GitHub, at https://github.com/softlayer/softlayer-python.
Install from source via pip (requires git):
$ pip install git+git://github.com/softlayer/softlayer-python.git
You can clone the public repository:
$ git clone git@github.com:softlayer/softlayer-python.git
Or, Download the tarball:
$ curl -OL https://github.com/softlayer/softlayer-python/tarball/master
Or, download the zipball:
$ curl -OL https://github.com/softlayer/softlayer-python/zipball/master
Once you have a copy of the source, you can embed it in your Python package, or install it into your site-packages easily:
$ python setup.py install
For more information about working with the source, or contributing to the project, please see the Contribution Guide.