openbb_platform/obbject_extensions/charting/installation.md

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title: Installation
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description: This page outlines the installation of the openbb-charting extension.
keywords:
  - tutorial
  - OpenBB Platform
  - Installation
  - Python client
  - Fast API
  - getting started
  - extensions
  - charting
  - view
  - Plotly
  - toolkit
  - community
  - Plotly
  - OpenBBFigure
  - PyWry

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PyPI

To install the extension, run the following command in this folder:

pip install openbb-charting

Find the latest version on PyPI.

Editable Mode

To install from source in editable mode, navigate into the folder, ~/openbb_platform/extensions/charting, and enter:

pip install -e .

After installation, the Python interface will automatically rebuild on initialization. This process can also be triggered manually with:

import openbb
openbb.build()

The Python interpreter may need to be restarted.

PyWry Dependency In Linux

When using Linux distributions, the PyWry dependency requires certain dependencies to be installed first.

• Debian-based / Ubuntu / Mint: sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev

• Arch Linux / Manjaro: sudo pacman -S webkit2gtk

• Fedora: sudo dnf install gtk3-devel webkit2gtk3-devel

If Rust (Cargo) is required, install it:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.3 https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh