Installing PyPAPI

As PAPI is a C library, it must be compiled. On Ubuntu / Debian, you can install the build-essential package.

From PyPI

To install PyPAPI from PYPI, simply use pip:

pip install python_papi

From Source

First clone the project’s repository and go into it:

git clone https://github.com/flozz/pypapi.git
cd pypapi

Then initialize and update git sub-modules:

git submodule init
git submodule update

Finally, execute the following command:

python setup.py install

Note

you may require root permission if you want to install the package system-wide.