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Merge pull request #1273 from arduino/sebromero/upyton-cloud-clarification
Clarify on installation using mpremote
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## Installing The Library
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To install the Arduino IoT Cloud (Micro)Python library on your board, you first need to install `mpremote` if you haven't done it yet. You can install it using pip:
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To install the Arduino IoT Cloud (Micro)Python library on your board, you can use thy Python based tool `mpremote`. This requires Python to be installed. On macOS and Linux Python usually comes pre-installed. If it's not installed on your system you may download it from [here](https://www.python.org/downloads/). Then, to install `mpremote` you can use pip:
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```bash
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$ pip install mpremote
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This will install the library and all required dependencies on the board.
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Another option is to manually copy the files from the library's [repository](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-iot-cloud-py/tree/main/src/arduino_iot_cloud) to the board's file system. It's good practice to put those files into a folder called `lib` to have the files organized neatly.
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## Programming the Board
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