Getting started on Ubuntu

Install dependencies.

apt-get update
apt-get install python-dev python-pip python3-pip python-virtualenv libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev -y

Create folder to store project (optional).

mkdir nexpose
cd nexpose

Create virtual environment for Python (optional), specifying the version (2.7, 3.4, etc.)

virtualenv -p /usr/bin/pythonX.Y .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

Option 1: Install from PyPi.

pip install nexpose

Option 2: pip install from github.

pip install git+https://github.com/rapid7/nexpose-client-python.git

Deactivate virtual environment when done.

deactivate