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Make sure you have the Python dev headers on your platform (I already had these on OSX)
sudo apt-get install python2.7-dev -
Make sure you have pip installed on your platform
sudo easy_install pip -
Create a virtualenv for Python. Optional, but recommended step. See virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper
mkvirtualenv twitter_stream_example --no-site-packages -
Install the dependencies
pip install --requirement=requirements.txt```
- Register an application with Twitter here: https://dev.twitter.com/apps/new
- Then you will need to add your consumer key and secret to the script.
python twitter-oauth-streaming.py