Installation

The recommended way to install lima is via pip.

Just make sure you have at least Python 3.3 and a matching version of pip available and installing lima becomes a one-liner:

$ pip install lima

Most of the time it’s also a good idea to do this in an isolated virtual environment.

Starting with version 3.4, Python handles all of this (creation of virtual environments, ensuring the availability of pip) out of the box:

$ python3 -m venv /path/to/my_venv
$ source /path/to/my_venv/bin/activate
(my_venv) $ pip install lima

If you should run into trouble, the Tutorial on Installing Distributions from the Python Packaging User Guide might be helpful.