Question 3.19: Sometimes Python libraries and other software are supplied v......
Sometimes Python libraries and other software are supplied via a Git repository URL. You need to be able to fetch them onto your Raspberry Pi.
Step-by-Step
To use code in Git repositories, you need to download Git and then use the git clone command to fetch the files.
Discussion
Git is a source code management system. To install it, use the command:
| $ sudo apt-get install git |
Once Git is installed, you can use the clone command to fetch the source code files you want. If you are doing this into a directory where you have write access, you don’t need to do this as a superuser.
For example, the following command will fetch all the source code examples from this book:
| $ git clone https://github.com/simonmonk/raspberrypi_cookbook.git |
See Also
Find out more about Git and the Git hosting service GitHub.
See also Recipe 3.16.
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