Installing P4Python

Important

Before installing P4Python, any previously installed versions should be uninstalled.

As of P4Python 2015.1, the recommended mechanism for installing P4Python is via pip. For example: 

$ pip install p4python

pip installs binary versions of P4Python where possible, otherwise it attempts to automatically build P4Python from source.

Windows users can download an installer containing pre-built packages for P4Python from the Perforce web site:

http://www.perforce.com/product/components/apis

Note

When P4Python is built without the --apidir option, setup attempts to connect to ftp.perforce.com to download the correct version of the P4API binary. If the P4API download is successful, it is unpacked into a temporary directory.

When P4Python is built and the --ssl is provided without a path, setup attempts to determine the correct path of the installed OpenSSL libraries by executing openssl version.