Developing on Fedora

To download the latest version of Plaso you’ll need to install the git tools:

sudo dnf install git

Checkout the plaso source from the git repo:

git clone https://github.com/log2timeline/plaso.git

Dependencies

Install the dependencies, using either:

A virtualenv
The prepackaged dependencies.

Check if you have all the dependencies installed and have the right minimum versions:

python utils/check_dependencies.py

Note that some dependencies are actively under development and can be frequently updated, therefore we recommend checking the status of the dependencies regularly.

Development tools

If you intend to do development on Plaso you’ll also need to install some development tools:

PyLint 1.9.x
Python Mock