Installation¶

Here we’ll cover how to install TauLidarCommon. You need to make sure it’s installed correctly before you can dive into using it!

Prerequisite: Install Python¶

Self-explanatory: you will need to have Python installed!

Download and install Python at https://www.python.org/downloads/. Make sure you install version 3.7 or higher.

If you have questions about using Python, check out the official Python.org instructions.

To install TauLidarCommon, you can use pip and run this command in your terminal of choice:

$ python -m pip install TauLidarCommon

TauLidarCommon is developed on GitHub

You can either clone the public repository:

$ git clone git@github.com:OnionIoT/tau-lidar-common.git

Or, download a zip of the repo:

$ curl -OL https://github.com/OnionIoT/tau-lidar-common/archive/master.zip

Once you have a copy of the source, you can embed it in your own Python package, or install it into your site-packages:

$ cd tau-lidar-common
$ python -m pip install .