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Installation

Installers

  1. In your browser, download the .pkg file: dda-universal.pkg
  2. Run your downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions.
  3. Restart your terminal.
  4. To verify that the shell can find and run the dda command in your PATH, use the following command. 
    $ dda --version
0.8.1
  1. Download the file using the curl command. The -o option specifies the file name that the downloaded package is written to. In this example, the file is written to dda-universal.pkg in the current directory. 
    curl -Lo dda-universal.pkg https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent-dev/releases/latest/download/dda-universal.pkg
  2. Run the standard macOS installer program, specifying the downloaded .pkg file as the source. Use the -pkg parameter to specify the name of the package to install, and the -target / parameter for the drive in which to install the package. The files are installed to /usr/local/dda, and an entry is created at /etc/paths.d/dda that instructs shells to add the /usr/local/dda directory to. You must include sudo on the command to grant write permissions to those folders. 
    sudo installer -pkg ./dda-universal.pkg -target /
  3. Restart your terminal.
  4. To verify that the shell can find and run the dda command in your PATH, use the following command. 
    $ dda --version
0.8.1
  1. In your browser, download one the .msi files:
  2. Run your downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions.
  3. Restart your terminal.
  4. To verify that the shell can find and run the dda command in your PATH, use the following command. 
    $ dda --version
0.8.1

  1. Download and run the installer using the standard Windows msiexec program, specifying one of the .msi files as the source. Use the /passive and /i parameters to request an unattended, normal installation.

    msiexec /passive /i https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent-dev/releases/latest/download/dda-x64.msi

    msiexec /passive /i https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent-dev/releases/latest/download/dda-x86.msi

  2. Restart your terminal.

  3. To verify that the shell can find and run the dda command in your PATH, use the following command. 
    $ dda --version
0.8.1

Standalone binaries

After downloading the archive corresponding to your platform and architecture, extract the binary to a directory that is on your PATH and rename to dda.

pip

dda is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip.

pip install dda

Warning

  • This method modifies the Python environment in which you choose to install.
  • Python 3.12.x is required.