How to install Paco

Install Python

Paco is written in Python and requires Python 3.6 or greater.

Paco currently works with macos and Linux. Windows support is not yet available.

Get the latest version of Python from python.org or with your operating systems package manager. Some helpful links for specific operating systems:

Verify your Python version on your shell by typing python (or sometimes python3):

Python 3.x.y
[GCC 4.x] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>

Install Paco

Paco can be installed with any Python package manager. Pip is the most popular and often comes with your Python installer. The Paco project is named paco-cloud on PyPI, to install it simply type:

$ pip install paco-cloud

You should now have the paco application installed:

$ paco --help
Usage: paco [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  Paco: Prescribed Automation for Cloud Orchestration
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