Install

Python

Make sure you are running Python version (v) 2.7.13 < v < 3

Pip

Install pip

virtualenv

To avoid conflicts with other python packages use a virtualenv

pip install virtualenv

Install Service Manager

cd ~
virtualenv servicemanager
source servicemanager/bin/activate
pip install servicemanager

Or if you want to upgrade to the newest

pip install servicemanager --upgrade

note: you may need to source the virtualenv in each new terminal session before using servicemanager

Tab-completion

From 0.0.13, servicemanager can use argcomplete to provide tab completion in bash. In order to enable this, put the following in .bashrc or .profile in your home directory:

eval "$(register-python-argcomplete sm)"