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-==== simplejson ====
+==== simplejson (Python) ====
-Some older systems may not include json_pp or python's json.tool.  The python simplejson package may solve this problem. Older versions of python also may require a more complicated syntax to invoke the module from the command line.
+If a Python installation is misssing the json standard library, the separate simplejson package may solve the problem.
+Install the Python simplejson module on Debian / Ubuntu Linux with:
+<pre>
+$ sudo apt-get install python-simplejson
+</pre>
+Install the Python simplejson on Red Hat / CentOS Linux with:
+<pre>
+$ # log in as root or use sudo
+$ yum install python-simplejson
+</pre>
+The simplejson.tool module can be invoked in the same way as json.tool:
+<pre>
+$ curl -s http://api.idigbio.org/ | python -m simplejson.tool
+{
+    "check": "http://api.idigbio.org/check",
+    "v0": "http://api.idigbio.org/v0/",
+    "v1": "http://api.idigbio.org/v1/"
+}
+</pre>
+Older versions of python also may require a more complicated syntax to invoke the module from the command line.
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