Installing DroneKit

DroneKit-Python can be installed on a Linux, Mac OSX, or Windows computer that has Python 2.7 or Python 3 installed and can install Python packages from the Internet.

It is installed from pip on all platforms:

pip install dronekit

Installation notes:

• Install dronekit with pip inside a virtualenv:

  python3 -m venv .venv
  . .venv/bin/activate
  pip install dronekit
  

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

  sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev
  

  Alternatively, you can use the ensurepip module to install or upgrade Pip on your system:

  python -m ensurepip --upgrade
  

• 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 fully supported.