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No Python

Install Anaconda (2.7 or 3.5): https://www.continuum.io/downloads

Install the retriever

From shell

pip install git+https://git@github.com/weecology/retriever.git

Do some tests

retriever ls
retriever install csv DATASET
retriever install json DATASET
retriever install sqlite DATASET
retriever install xml DATASET

If you have database management systems installed:

retriever install mysql DATASET -u username -p password
retriever install postgres DATASET -u username -p password

R

install.packages('ecoretriever')

library(ecoretriever)
ecoretriever::datasets()
ecoretriever::install('DATASET', 'csv')
data <- ecoretriever::fetch('DATASET')
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