Installing DroneKit¶

DroneKit-Python can be installed on a Linux, Mac OSX, or Windows computer that has Python 2.7 and can install Python packages from the Internet.

It is installed from pip on all platforms:

pip install dronekit

Installation notes:

• Mac and Linux require you prefix the command with sudo.

  sudo pip install dronekit
  

• On Linux you may need to first install pip and python-dev:

  sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev
  

  Alternatively, the easy_install tool provides another way to install pip:

  sudo easy_install pip
  

• Companion Computers are likely to run on stripped down versions of Linux. Ensure you use a variant that supports Python 2.7 and can install Python packages from the Internet.

• Windows does not come with Python by default, but there are many distributions available. We have tested against:

  • WinPython 2.7 64bit (see these instructions for installation and registration). This is the most tested version.
  • ActiveState ActivePython 2.7.

• Python 3 is not supported.