Install the dependencies

Minifold requires Python 3.

To use all connectors, it is advised (but optional) to also install the following packages:

• python3-ldap3 for LDAP connector;
• python3-pycountry, python3-urllib, python3-urllib3 for HAL connector;
• python3-pycountry, python3-urllib3, python3-xmltodict for DBLP connector;
• python3-tweepy for Twitter connector.

Debian, Ubuntu, etc.

Required dependencies:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3

Optional dependencies:

sudo apt install python3-pycountry python3-ldap3 python3-urllib3 python3-tweepy python3-xmltodict

Installation of minifold

git

sudo apt install git python3-setuptools 
mkdir ~/git
cd ~/git
git clone https://github.com/nokia/minifold 
cd minifold
sudo python3 ./setup.py install

pip

sudo apt install python3-pip
sudo pip3 install minifold

Test

To check your installation, see this page.