The package names for Helix P4Python are "perforce-p4python" and "perforce-p4python3"
Perforce Package Repositories Overview
Perforce's package repositories allow simplified installation of Perforce products and product updates on popular Linux platforms. Perforce currently offers these two options:
- APT repositories with packages for Ubuntu
- YUM repositories with packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS
How to Configure...
APT repositories
- Add Perforce's packaging key to your APT keyring
wget -qO - https://package.perforce.com/perforce.pubkey | sudo apt-key add -
- Add Perforce's repository to your APT configuration
Create a file called /etc/apt/sources.list.d/perforce.list with the following line:
deb http://package.perforce.com/apt/ubuntu {distro} release
Where {distro} is replaced by either precise, trusty, or xenial
- Run apt-get update
You can now search for and install Perforce packages using your preferred package management tool.
You can also browse the repository and download a Deb file directly: https://package.perforce.com/apt/
YUM repositories
- Add Perforce's packaging key to your RPM keyring:
sudo rpm --import https://package.perforce.com/perforce.pubkey
- Add Perforce's repository to your YUM configuration.
Create a file called /etc/yum.repos.d/perforce.repo with the following content:
[perforce]
name=Perforce
baseurl=http://package.perforce.com/yum/rhel/{version}/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1Where {version} is either 6 for RHEL 6 or 7 for RHEL 7.
You can now search for and install Perforce packages using your preferred package management tool.
You can also browse the repository and download an RPM file directly: https://package.perforce.com/yum/
How to verify the Perforce public key for packages...
To ensure you have the correct public key for installing Perforce packages, verify the fingerprint of the Perforce public key against the fingerprint shown below.
The public key can be found here:
https://package.perforce.com/perforce.pubkey
To obtain the fingerprint of the public key, run:
gpg --with-fingerprint perforce.pubkey
It should match this fingerprint:
E581 31C0 AEA7 B082 C6DC 4C93 7123 CB76 0FF1 8869
How to Install Packages...
Using APT repositories
$ sudo apt-get install {package}
Using YUM repositories
# yum install {package}
Where {package} is replaced by the name of the package you wish to install, such as 'helix-p4d'.
Use the same command to upgrade installed packages to the newest version.
Package installation requires sudo or root level privileges.