Install CEDAR CLI¶

Important

The steps in this section are crucial for the proper installation of CEDAR.

Please execute these steps with great care.

Clone the CEDAR CLI repo¶

Please go to your previously created CEDAR Docker home folder, and clone the following repo:

cd ~/CEDAR_DOCKER
git clone https://github.com/metadatacenter/cedar-cli

The above command cloned the repo, and set the active branch to main.

We suggest that you use the latest code from the develop branch at the moment.

cd cedar-cli
git checkout develop

Execute these commands to create a Python virtual envrionment, activate it and install the requirements:

cd ~/CEDAR_DOCKER/cedar-cli
python -m venv ./.venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Edit your bash profile script:

vi ~/.zshrc

Add these lines at the end:

export CEDAR_HOME=~/CEDAR_DOCKER
alias cedarcli='source $CEDAR_HOME/cedar-cli/cli.sh'

Reload your shell by closing and opening it again, or by sourcing your profile