Installing packages from GitHub

Make sure that you have Pyhon3 and PIP/PIP3

In Terminal run this line:

pip3 install git+https://github.com/jkbr/httpie.git
The above is an example of httpie package. Replace the URL with the relevante package

OR...

You can also install Python packages from Github by cloning the repository.

First run this via Terminal in the desired folder to download:

git clone https://github.com/jkbr/httpie.git
Then start the installation by running whatever setup or install file is associated:

sudo python setup.py install

Tip: When your in Terminal, use the "LS" command to show whats in the directory. 

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