install.rst

Installation

You can install this package via conda_, simply pointing to our stable or beta channels:

$ conda create -n bdt -c https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/conda bob.devtools
# or, for beta releases:
$ conda create -n bdt -c https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/conda/label/beta -c https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/conda bob.devtools

If you use one of our supported Python versions on your base environment, you may also install bdt on it:

$ conda install -n base -c https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/conda bob.devtools
# or, for beta releases:
$ conda install -n base -c https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/conda/label/beta -c https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/conda bob.devtools

We provide packages for both 64-bit Linux and MacOS, for Python 3.6+. Once installed, you can use these tools within the created environment like this:

$ conda activate base  #or bdt, depending where you installed it
(bdt) $ bdt --help

Setup

Some of the commands in the bdt command-line application require access to your gitlab private token, which you can pass at every iteration, or setup at your ~/.python-gitlab.cfg. Please note that in case you don't set it up, it will request for your API token on-the-fly, what can be cumbersome and repeatitive. Your ~/.python-gitlab.cfg should roughly look like this (there must be an "idiap" section on it, at least):