To install the Hugging Face Command Line Interface (CLI), you will primarily need to install the huggingface_hub library. You should install the huggingface_hub library using pip, the Python package manager.

This is considered the “first and foremost thing” to do.

pip install huggingface_hub

Alternatively, you can use the -U flag to ensure you get an up-to-date or the latest version of the package:

pip install -U huggingface_hub

Once huggingface_hub is installed, you can use CLI commands like hugging face CLI login to interact with the Hugging Face Hub from your terminal.

Logging In

Once you have the CLI installed, you’ll need a Access Token. Then you can run the CLI to log in.

huggingface-cli login

Paste in you Access Token and you should be good to.